Binder VS Thonny

Binder Reviews

Thonny Reviews

1. steve    

   retired | over 2 years ago
   I like Thonny

   I started an on-line python course that used Pycharm as its basis. I had previously used Thonny to look at code for various programs. I found Pycharm to be over-featured for a beginner like me. Thonny seems much more on my level so I am continuing the course using it instead. And successfully I might add.

Binder mentions (35)

• RStudio: Integrated development environment (IDE) for R

  The closest Python equivalent to RStudio is the JupyterLab Desktop app[1,2], which I highly recommend. I've entirely switched to using it for teaching, and it is a godsend, since it works the same way across platforms (win/mac/linux), installs its own Python interpreter independent of any system Python the student might have, and even comes with NumPy/SciPy/Pandas/Seaborn/statsmodels already installed, which... - Source: Hacker News / about 1 month ago

• A list of SaaS, PaaS and IaaS offerings that have free tiers of interest to devops and infradev

  Binder - Turn a Git repo into a collection of interactive notebooks. It is a free public service. - Source: dev.to / 3 months ago

• Best tools to teach python in a classroom

  I would use https://mybinder.org/ if you can't install anything. It's supported by NumFocus but otherwise runs on donations. You specify requirements in code and they build a docker image from your github repository. I think they should be able to download their notebook and submit it to you - it's been awhile since I used it. But I think they need to have a single person doing the typing. Source: 5 months ago

• Ask HN: Is anyone using Cloud Dev Environments (e.g. Codespaces/Replit) at work?

  You can use Binder https://mybinder.org . If the students have Gmail account, try Google Colab. Pretty easy to use. - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago

• JupyterLab 4.0

  Do you have an example of how this works with another tool/language? I don't know if I understood it correctly but maybe you could: - Upload your notebook to Github, then create a url with Binder (part of the jupyter ecosystem) directly to an editing/fiddling playground: https://mybinder.org/ - If by user-local you mean on their own machine, they can clone your repo and run their own jupyterlab to fiddle - If... - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago

Thonny mentions (108)

• FeedMyFurBabies – Send and Receive MQTT messages between AWS IoT Core and your micro-controller

  Install Thonny and run it. Then go to Tools -> Options, to configure the ESP32C3 device in Thonny to match the settings shown in the screenshot below. - Source: dev.to / 3 months ago

• Raspberry Pico Badger: Hardware Features and OS

  The recommended way to programm MicroPython on the Raspberry Pico is to use the Thonny IDE. Accessing the Badger with reveals the following file structure:. - Source: dev.to / 4 months ago

• Abstract Classes in Python

  Personally, I like to debug and step through code to see where I went wrong so I'm going to paste the code into my Thonny IDE. I like Thonny for small code challenges like this because it doesn't require setting up a whole project just to run and step through code. - Source: dev.to / 4 months ago

• Ask HN: Do you know any good coding platform for education?

  Thonny is designed speciffically for that purpose https://thonny.org . For beginners the main advantage is the easier install and maintainance, and the less intimidating/cluttered environment. IMHO it makes some decent tradeoffs, and it is an onramp for students evolving to VSCode or PyCharm when they feel ready. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• Macropad with KMK

  I use the serial console with a tool like Thonny to debug KMK/CircuitPython code on my device. Running something like import main; main.keyboard.go() usually prints a useful error message. Source: 10 months ago