Autocompletion and Interactive Tables in a Python IDE

[Anthony]

FoxPro is data-oriented, which means that at any time you have any
number of data sets open in the workspace and browse them immediately
by running one line of code in the command window.  It's a really
important feature in terms of efficiency; I don't want to have to move
back and forth between SPSS and an IDE when I'm figuring out what code
to write, that takes six keystrokes for what FoxPro can do in one.
Again, here's what the BROWSE command presents:

http://www.vfpconversion.com/ArticleImage.aspx?QuickID=0209071&Image=vfptoolkit_figure02.tif


Does VIM have the capability to keep data open?  --  Do any of these
IDEs have this browse capability??

On Jul 24, 4:10 am, Aspersieman <aspersie... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Anthony wrote:
> > Hi, I'm a FoxPro programmer, but I want to learn python before it's
> > too late.  I do a lot of statistical programming, so I import SPSS
> > into python.  In my opinion, the best features of Visual FoxPro 9.0
> > were:
> > a) Intellisense (tells you what classes/methods are available and what
> > variables go into a function)
> > b) Code Completion (guesses your code after four letters)
> > c) Data-Orientation; multiple data sessions can be open, data can be
> > viewed easily
>
> > Python's IDLE has only half of the first of these features.  I did a
> > lot of searching and found the PyDev extensions for Eclipse's Python
> > IDE, and found that they've got Intellisense.  I'm still missing b and
> > c, and am getting extremely frustrated programming so slowly..
>
> > So two questions:
> > Is there any package, gui, IDE, anything that will do FoxPro-style
> > code completion?  If it works in Eclipse, even better..
> > I can't find a good screenshot, but here's a better description:
> > You type "BROW" and it pops up a window that says "BROWSE" ..at this
> > point if you hit enter it completes the word..
>
> > and
>
> > How can I view open SPSS data in one of the Python GUIs?  Again,
> > Eclipse would be the preference.
> > Here's an example of how I'd like to browse the data:
> >http://www.vfpconversion.com/ArticleImage.aspx?QuickID=0209071&Image=...
> > I don't want to have to switch back and forth between Python and SPSS
> > while I'm programming; I just want to stay in one of them..
>
> > What can I do?  I feel extremely inefficient when I don't have these
> > three features..
>
> > Thanks in advance.
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>
> You might want to try vim. It has a steep learning curve, but definitely
> increases productivity _alot_.
>
> Here is a tutorial on setting up vim with :
>     1) Code completion (intellisense) - including tooltips (!!!)
>     2) Jump between your python code and the python class libraries.
>     3) Syntax checking
>     4) A handy source browser
>     5) Debugging (using pdb)
>     6) [All the other vim goodies - already included]
> Above instructions available herehttp://blog.sontek.net/2008/05/11/python-with-a-modular-ide-vim/
>
> I have been using the above setup for a while and find it superior to
> _any_ IDE I've ever worked with.
>
> I'm not sure what you mean by 'Data-Orientation' but I'm sure there's a
> suitable alternative/replacement for it in vim.
>
> Regards
>
> Nicolaas
>
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