Chapter 1

1. An editor is a simple, minimal platform for editing text without any additional highlighting or aligning functionalities. An example of an editor is Notepad. On the other hand, an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is a special piece of software that has various features integrated within it; these typically include syntax highlighting, automatic indention, debugging tools, and much more.
2. Development in Python does not require significant boilerplate code, which is one of the aspects of programming that an IDE sets out to solve. Some have argued that relying on an IDE too much can make programmers forget—or altogether prevent them from learning—the core principles and syntax of a given programming language.
3. A good strategy is to start off by using a simple editor to familiarize yourself with the language and its core syntax structure; once a good...