how do "real" python programmers work?

[Travis E. Oliphant]

bblais wrote:
> In Python, there seems to be a couple ways of doing things.   I could
> write it in one window, and from a Unix shell call
>                            python myscript.py
> and be like C++, but then I lose the interactiveness which makes
> prototyping easier.  If I use the python shell, I can use import (and
> reload), or execfile perhaps.

Try IPython.  It makes the process of executing live code very productive.

http://ipython.scipy.org

-Travis