Looking for a good Python environment

[Paul Rudin]

jwelby <julius.welby at gmail.com> writes:


> This is a fair question. I didn't phrase my post too well.
>
> I find PyScripter does pretty much everything I need in terms of doing
> actual development for Python. My use of 'lightweight' is by no means
> a criticism of PyScripter - it's more of a compliment, as it refers to
> the relatively modest demands that it makes on my system compared with
> Eclipse, which can be hog.
>
> The main reason I have used Eclipse for larger, team based, projects
> is for the source control plug-ins. Eclipse has plug-in support for
> cvs and svn. PyScripter may have this too - perhaps I've missed it.
> (I'm away from my Windows box at the moment, otherwise I would check).
> Of course, there are other ways to implement source control without it
> needing to be integrated in the IDE, so even this need not put off
> anyone who wants to use PyScripter with source control.
>
> Summary - unless you need the added flexibility offered by Eclipse
> plug-ins, PyScripter is a great tool for developing with Python on
> Windows.

I'm not sure if you count emacs as "lightweight" but it's certainly
less resource hungry than eclipse/pydev, and does have integrated
cvs/svn functionality.