I use Python as an instructional first language when teaching beginners. I use the Thonny IDE because of its simplicity and limited "visual noise". All the bel

I use Python as an instructional first language when teaching beginners. I use the Thonny IDE because of its simplicity and limited "visual noise". All the bells and whistles of more "mature" IDEs can make the whole thing more daunting for a newbie. When I taught AP Comp Sci and was doing Java, we used BlueJ in class.