help a newbie with a IDE/book combination

[mamadu]

Hi,

I already have a couple of newbie books on Python itself, but would
rather get started with a nice to use IDE and I am therefore looking
for a good IDE to learn Python. On my computer I have installed eric
(http://ericide.python-hosting.com/) but it lacks any kind of useful
documentation on its use.

Is there a good IDE which would be well documented out there?

Many thanks

Mamadu

PS: I use Debian GNU/Linux on all my computers, a 500MHz proc, 256MB
RAM.

 

[Jack]

I use PyScripter. http://www.mmm-experts.com/ I find it easy to use.
It runs on Windows and it does have a good help file.

 

[jelle]

I think SPE is a terrific IDE, a real pleasure to work with!
Also it's very complete in terms of functionality.

http://stani.be/python/spe/page_download

 

[kilnhead]

Hi,

I already have a couple of newbie books on Python itself, but would
rather get started with a nice to use IDE and I am therefore looking
for a good IDE to learn Python. On my computer I have installed eric
(http://ericide.python-hosting.com/) but it lacks any kind of useful
documentation on its use.

Is there a good IDE which would be well documented out there?

Many thanks

Mamadu

PS: I use Debian GNU/Linux on all my computers, a 500MHz proc, 256MB
RAM.

 

[kilnhead]

Hi,

I already have a couple of newbie books on Python itself, but would
rather get started with a nice to use IDE and I am therefore looking
for a good IDE to learn Python. On my computer I have installed eric
(http://ericide.python-hosting.com/) but it lacks any kind of useful
documentation on its use.

Is there a good IDE which would be well documented out there?

Many thanks

Mamadu

PS: I use Debian GNU/Linux on all my computers, a 500MHz proc, 256MB
RAM.

I have used spe and pyscripter on windows. I currently use Eclipse and
this it is the best of the lot in terms of functionality. However, it
does take some effort to get comfortable with. I only wish it had a GUI
builder for python.

 

[Don Taylor]

I have used spe and pyscripter on windows. I currently use Eclipse and
this it is the best of the lot in terms of functionality. However, it
does take some effort to get comfortable with. I only wish it had a GUI
builder for python.

I have found that wxGlade plays nicely with Eclipse/Pydev extensions.
Eclipse recognizes when wxGlade modifies a .py file and reloads it if
you have it open for editing. The Pydev debugger works (for me) with
wxGlade (wxPython) applications.

wxGlade does not try to impose a project file structure so Eclipse can
manage all of the files, just create wxGlade's files in the Eclipse
project folder and refresh the project to get Eclipse to recognise them.

I have not tried it but I think that you can launch wxGlade from within
Eclipse as an 'External Tool'. I find it easy enough just to have both
Eclipse and wxGlade running at the same time.


Don.

 

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

Hi,

I already have a couple of newbie books on Python itself, but would
rather get started with a nice to use IDE and I am therefore looking
for a good IDE to learn Python. On my computer I have installed eric
(http://ericide.python-hosting.com/) but it lacks any kind of useful
documentation on its use.

Is there a good IDE which would be well documented out there?

<imho>
You really don't need a full blown IDE to learn Python - any decent code
editor will do. Learning to use an IDE can take some time (even with a
good documentation), and you'll probably have more clues wrt/ IDE
choice/usage once you'll know at least the language basics.

Also, there's a problem with language-specific IDEs: you have to learn a
new IDE for each language. A good, extensible code editor (emacs, Vim,
etc) can be a better solution if you use different languages.
</imho>

 

[SPE - Stani's Python Editor]

(e-mail address removed) schreef:

Is there a good IDE which would be well documented out there?

You could choose for SPE (http://pythonide.stani.be). If you donate as
little as $1 (more is of course welcome), you'll receive the SPE manual
as a pdf.

PS: I use Debian GNU/Linux on all my computers, a 500MHz proc, 256MB
RAM.

There is a deb package for SPE on the SPE website. Install that one
rather than the package on MOTU, which seems to be broken.

Stani

 

[Ron Rogers Jr.]

On 9 Jul 2006 16:42:27 -0700

Hi,

I already have a couple of newbie books on Python itself, but
would rather get started with a nice to use IDE and I am
therefore looking for a good IDE to learn Python.

Is there a good IDE which would be well documented out there?

Python comes with IDLE. It should be in /usr/local/bin

If not try:

python2.4 /usr/local/lib/python2.4/idlelib/idle.py

I like idle as a beginner because it's easy for me to test out
my simple little learning scripts while in it. (though I figure
there's probably a way to do that from within vim or emacs)

As some suggested, as a beginner you don't need much of a super
powered IDE. If I wasn't using IDLE, I'd be using vim or gvim.


CronoCloud (Ron Rogers Jr.)