For Java I'd agree, but for Python I've always preferred a good programmer's editor. I tend to use either Vim or Kate, depending on whether I'm in a CLI or a GU

For Java I'd agree, but for Python I've always preferred a good programmer's editor. I tend to use either Vim or Kate, depending on whether I'm in a CLI or a GUI mood. IDEs are so bulky and heavyweight, they just feel like they'd get in the way for Python. Especially JetBrains IDEs... they're just so slow and bloated (back when I did Java, I always preferred NetBeans over IntelliJ).