teach programming

Download Back in 2014, we launched PyCharm Educational Edition with the vision to provide a free, open-source tool that would familiarize Python learners with real developer experience from the very start, and would offer teachers an easy way to share code practice exercises. Since then, we’ve rece…

PyCharm Edu versioning and release timetables are now aligned with our other JetBrains products, to help us focus on delivering more continuous value. So we’re switching to an aligned 2017.3 version from the previous version 4.0. Get PyCharm Edu 2017.3 Please note, that all the PyCharm Edu 2017.3 …

PyCharm Edu is getting ready for the next major release with Release Candidate build 173.4048. Get PyCharm Edu 2017.3 RC You are probably wondering why we’re switching to 2017.3 version from the previous version 4.0. By aligning the PyCharm Edu versioning and release timetables with PyCharm and ot…

PyCharm Edu 4 is out now! This update brings a better user experience to both learners and educators, making the product’s use as simple as possible, whether it is used for learning, or for teaching. First of all, we’ve changed the welcoming UI. Now you begin by choosing your role, Learner or…

Writing games in Python is fun, so how about using it to teach computer programming? Paul Craven is both a professor and the creator of Arcade, a 2d game library for Python. He’s doing a webinar with us next week, so we talked to him about teaching Python, using Python 3 type hints, why another Pyth…

Integration with Stepik for Educators In 2016 we partnered with Stepik, a learning management and MOOC platform, to announce the Adaptive Python course. But if you want to create your own Python course with the help of PyCharm Edu, integration with Stepik may help you easily keep up your learning m…

PyCharm Educational Edition follows its professional sibling and also starts the Early Access Program (EAP) for PyCharm Edu 4, available for free download now! What is EAP and why should you join? We at JetBrains believe that making tools for developers takes listening carefully to everyone who us…

Have you already started working on your new 2017 year resolutions? Maybe some of them have to do with learning or teaching more Python? If so, try PyCharm Edu 3.5, the next update for our Educational Edition. This release brings advanced course creation options for educators and more courses for st…

The holiday season is a great time to have fun, and it is also a great time to learn something new. That’s why today we’re opening the Early Access Program for PyCharm Edu 3.5 – the next update of our free tool for learning and teaching programming with Python. What is Early Access Program? We at …

Today we bring you PyCharm Edu 3.0.1, an updated version of our free, easy and professional tool for learning programming with Python. Download PyCharm Edu 3.0.1 for your platform today! PyCharm Edu 3.0.1 is a small bug-update release that includes some minor fixes for recently added functiona…

Today we bring you PyCharm Edu 3, the third major release of our free, easy and professional tool for learning programming with Python. This release introduces a new, revolutionary approach to learning Python more easily and effectively in a smart way, and focuses on course creation functionality to…

Today we’re announcing that PyCharm Edu 3 is coming this August, right before the new school year. Since the previous release we’ve tremendously improved PyCharm Edu for teachers and course authors, implemented new useful functionality, made a lot of small neat improvements, and fixed various proble…