Commercial IDEs: is it worth it?

[Rune Braathen]

"Thomas Weholt" <2002 at weholt.org> writes:

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> Opinions on what, where and why to pay for a Python-friendly IDE would be
> appreciated.

While trying not to sound like a preaching fanboy; I heartily
recommend looking into Slickedit. It has excellent support for Python,
as well as most other languages.

If you use Python as a tool language on top of or in combination with
other languages, it is simply excellent as you can mix project-types
within a single workspace. Additionally, the syntax tagging and
class-browsing support are as good as it gets.

It's not free, but it's inexpensive compared to the productivity
gains. Trials are available from http://www.slickedit.com/

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runeb