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Spyder: one stop from R to Python
March 03, 2020

Spyder: one stop from R to Python

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Spyder

Spyder is used by some data scientists at our company. I am one of these people who are still using Spyder. Spyder is a good tool if you are coming from R background since the interface can be changed to almost the same as RStudio and also allows you to run line by line.
  • Free.
  • Familiar.
  • Line execution.
  • Old style.
  • Poor layout.
  • Terminal hard to find.
  • Easy to use.
  • Quick switch from R.
  • Hard to manage env.
First of all, for PyCharm, the layout is better than Spyder from my own experience and interaction. However, Spyder can allow you to arrange the layout by yourself but the layout for PyCharm is fixed. Second, if you choose PyCharm Professional, you need to pay an annual fee to use it.
If your question is related to Python, you can find most answers almost everywhere by only searching Google. However, if the support you need is only related to Spyder, you might find it is a little bit hard to navigate down since the user base for Spyder is not too large.

Do you think Spyder delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Spyder's feature set?

Yes

Did Spyder live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Spyder go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Spyder again?

Yes

If you are a data scientist coming from R background and trying to adopt Python now, Spyder might be a good first stop for you. You have to keep the same coding habits from R to Python via Spyder. In here, you can have similar to RStudio interface and code running mechanic.