[Idle-dev] Going to PyCon 2015?

[Al Sweigart]

Oh yes, I have looked at IdleX and I like many of its ideas. But
mostly I wanted to make improvements to the IDE that comes bundled
with Python (which means sticking with tkinter and the standard
library). I hold the view that most professional developers don't
really use IDLE, so changing the design to emphasize an educational
tool over an experienced developer tool would benefit more people than
it would inconvenience. I have more concrete ideas on the wiki:
https://github.com/asweigart/idle-reimagined/wiki

-Al

On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Douglas Blank <dblank at cs.brynmawr.edu> wrote:
> On Tue, March 31, 2015 4:54 pm, Al Sweigart wrote:
>> Are any IDLE developers or enthusiasts going to PyCon in Montreal? I'd
>> like to meet up and talk about some ideas.
>>
>> I'm giving a keynote for the Python Education Summit to talk about the
>> IDLE Reimagined project and changing IDLE to be more an education tool
>> for beginners than a standard IDE for developers. It'd be great to bounce
>> ideas off of IDLE developers (or anyone who has ideas/critiques).
>>
>> -Al
>
> Al, I'm not going to be able to make it, but that sounds like a great
> conversation!
>
> BTW, Did you see idlex [1]? Using the IDLE interface to a Jupyter backend.
> That looks like an interesting direction. That might be a way to include
> more educators than just those interested in CPython.
>
> Good luck with your talk, and plans,
>
> -Doug
>
> [1] - http://idlex.sourceforge.net/
>
>