Best IDE for Python

[akameswaran at gmail.com]

I've had a similar experience and tried about everything.  Personally -
eclipse with PyDev has been the winner for me.  I also still do a bunch
of Java coding - so there is an added benefit of one tool across
languages.  The final thing I really like with eclipse is the svn
plugins - making life very easy.  Also, if your doing web/xml and other
stuff - there is a plugin for eclipse for it ;)  Not all the plugins
work as seemlessly together (i abandon eclipse for the majority of
plone/zope stuff - most of it isn't python - and setting up eclipse to
be happy with the output of archgen has not been worth the bother - I'm
sure it's possible)

PyLint can kind of be a pain if your on a low powered box, but tweaking
the settings (and I had to do a bit of tweaking) can alleviate the
problems, but still let you reap the benefits.

Anand

Yu-Xi Lim wrote:
> Michiel Sikma wrote:
> > By FOS, do you mean FOSS (Free and Open Source Software)? I've never
> > seen the acronym FOS used.
>
> Maybe he was trying for "Free Open Source IDE" without the
> semi-redundant "Software"
>
> > I personally use Eclipse with PyDev.
> > http://www.eclipse.org/
> > http://pydev.sourceforge.net/
>
> Eclipse+PyDev has the advantage over emacs when it comes to big
> projects, IMO. It has features like refactoring, better project
> management, code coverage. emacs has the advantage of being faster and
> smaller, and if all you need is a syntax-aware (smart indentation,
> syntax highlighting) editor and integrated debugger, emacs is more than
> enough.
>
> I've tried the other free IDEs like IDLE, SPE, eric3, TruStudio (for
> Eclipse), Boa, Komodo, WingIDE. I have various issues with them,
> including instability, poor automatic indentation, bad GUI (too many
> subwindows or uncustomizable), costly, no refactoring, and no project
> management.
>
> It's strangely ironic. I consider Eclipse to be a lousy Java IDE
> especially compared to commercial offerings and yet that's what the
> project started out as.