Spyder - great for anybody using Python
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Spyder is a Python IDE, and it is used by myself and my peers to write and run various Python scripts. Being a scientific organisation, this often means running scripts that will perform scientific functions for us. Of particular use to us is the built in plot feature within the GUI, meaning that as we run our scripts, useful plots are visible there and then.
Pros
- Python IDE
- No need to install python itself
- Plots
- Shows variables
- Can show other data files
Cons
- Remember GUI layout settings
- Allow plots to be viewed in their own window/made bigger
- Choose python version
Likelihood to Recommend
Spyder is really easy to use, and various scripts etc can easily be imported into it as needed. It is great to use when you need to run some python scripts on your data, do some data analysis, and run some plots.
Don't see any real limitations or where it is less appropriate, only limited by whatever limitations Python has.
