Which IDE ?

[Alan Gauld]

VanPopering wrote:
> Which IDE would you recommend for someone *just starting out* 
> with Python?

IDLE or Pythonwin are both OK.
IDLE doesn't like running Tkinter(GUI) programs from within 
the IDE itself but use it as an editor and it'll do OK.
OTOH I've had strange results fromPythonwin with Tkinter too.

Others have pointed out the advatages of using Emacs/vim/Scite 
etc as a python aware text editor along with an OS prompt. 
Thats probably the most reliable technique and is the one I 
use for writing longer programs or those with lots of files, 
but for a beginner thats probably not relevant.

Alan G.
http://www.crosswinds.net/~agauld