help a newbie with a IDE/book combination

[kilnhead]

mamadu at islamabad.net wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I already have a couple of newbie books on Python itself, but would
> rather get started with a nice to use IDE and I am therefore looking
> for a good IDE to learn Python.  On my computer I have installed eric
> (http://ericide.python-hosting.com/) but it lacks any kind of useful
> documentation on its use.
>
> Is there a good IDE which would be well documented out there?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Mamadu
>
> PS: I use Debian GNU/Linux on all my computers, a 500MHz proc, 256MB
> RAM.

I have used spe and pyscripter on windows. I currently use Eclipse and
this it is the best of the lot in terms of functionality. However, it
does take some effort to get comfortable with. I only wish it had a GUI
builder for python.