Python with PyCharm and Visual Studio Code on Apple MacBook Pro 13' M1 in 4K

Many of you folks requested how Python with PyCharm and Visual Studio Code is running on the new Apple Silicon chips, and I am happy to report that Python itself his running smoothly so far. Sadly, PyCharm has some issues. PyCharm will start, but somehow it will not run any python script for me. Visual Studio Code on the other side is running without any issues, even the Python Extensions is running smoothly.

[RossArmer]

MacBook Pro M1 here.  
- PyCharm works for me as an Intel app (x86) with its own version of Python x86 installed. Don't know why yours wasn't working in the video.
- Anaconda / Jupyter Labs / Spyder work as x86 through Rosetta 2
- VSCode with Python works and by default is using the x86 interpreter

The fun stuff is trying native "Universal Apps" built for Apple ARM. Miniconda "miniforge" has an unsupported version out that seems to work well enough and fast. If you install Python with conda this way you get Python running native for Apple ARM and it's much faster that the x86 version running through Rosetta but even the Rosetta version isn't bad. Pandas and Numpy install natively this way via conda but not pip yet. The main issue I'm still struggling with is getting Jupyter to run natively after installing but as I mentioned earlier it runs fine via the x86 version. Also, there is a super-alpha experimental version of VSCode for Apple ARM and it is very fast but super buggy at the moment.

[paulweveritt]

Hi, I'm with the PyCharm team. For the PyCharm example you are using a virtualenv but for the Code example, you're directly executing with the (Apple Silicon) system Python. Can you see if the virtual env works outside of PyCharm? E.g. $ cd <project dir> $ venv/bin/python -c 'print(99)'

[JaredKirkwood]

I appreciate you doing these tests. I was about to pull the cash out of the bank to upgrade my Mac Mini that I use for mobile development until I seen your test on android studio. I'm pretty sure that remote debugging would work but not having an emulator to test against sdks and screen sizes is a no go for me.

[mnkeh]

nice, i did chuckle at the sped up section though.. i find PyCharm quite a lot less intuitive than VSCode too tbh

[fsfaysalcse]

Thanks a lot for making this video . I am very thankful to you.

[danieIedd]

Can you try to use composer, Laravel and vue.js?

[ajinkyabodke_]

Please test if we can run, c, c++ and java programs

[walterezequiel]

Thanks for the video, i use pycharm for front end work, i was thinking to get a mini mac M1 or Macbook Air M1, what do you suggest me? Regards from Argentina!

[sam]

Does Jupyter notebook work properly on it?

[SAGARGOWDA]

Can u please check MySQL workbench works

[maurocamaraescudero]

Can you please try anaconda and Jupyter notebooks?

[chandrasekharannavarapu]

Can you test maven and postman on the new M1 mac?

[sarthaksharma]

Please make a video on how does Python IDLE works on M1 Macbook Air

[Kampouse]

i am kinda curious how/why does it take like over 12 sec for a electron app to start is it always that long to start vscode cause from what i remind it was like half of that on my machine that kinda intresting...

[mrroox]

Nice video! Can you try to use Spring Tool Suite?

[dalvinchapoco]

Hi Please try Microsoft Remote Desktop if everything works smoothly. Thank you!

[randomdude]

Does python work correctly on VSC while compiling? I just got a MacBook air with the m1. Danke!

[akshayasundar]

Hi, I got a message in my new M1 Mac, "The computer got restarted because of a problem" message few minutes after installing PyCharm, will it be because of a software glitch? should I uninstall the software?please advice.

[roysegall]

can you check the EA origin and try to run sims 4?

[ignaskybransas]

Hey, would you recommend Macbook Air M1 or Macbook Pro M1 for software development? Also what about 8gb or 16gb ram versions?