Newbie question Python on Windows ME

[Gerson Kurz]

On 16 Aug 2001 09:39:51 -0700, s.franke at flowstate.com (stefan) wrote:

> Are there any tutorials for beginners on the internet that are
>specifically written for Windows?

For windows I would recommend using the Pythonwin IDE that is part of
www.activestate.com/activepython. [There was I think a standalone
distro of Pythonwin although I don't know of its status]. 

Why? 

- Pythonwin is an excellent GUI ide - on Windows most people don't
like the commandline, and especially on the 9x/ME series the
commandline is seriously lacking in features. It has a builtin editor
with syntax highlighting, folding, etc. It has a nice debugger. It
integrates with SourceSafe etc. 
- Searchable (CHM) Helpfiles 
- ActivePython has much deeper Windows integration. (eg, you can use
COM objects in it, use it for client-side browser scripting and all
sorts of fine stuff)

And yes, its free too :)