[Pythonmac-SIG] Status of PyObjC port to Intel OS X

[Daniel Lord]

On May 16, 2006, at 17:43, Marcin Komorowski wrote:
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> What do you than use for your Python/ObjC development on a Mac?

Honestly, I use BBEdit as the overall text editor and I test complex  
Python non-GUI modules as 'stand-alone'  modules using Komodo  
Professional (great debugger) or if they are C (rarely so far since  
performance is not key right now), then BBEdit/Make. I code Java as  
well using Ant/BBEdit. Eclipse is supposed to be great but its too  
much work to learn. The fable about the woodsman not stopping to  
sharpen his saw because he was too busy slowly cutting tress with a  
dull blade probably makes since and I should probably 'sharpen my  
saw' and learn Eclipse for Java. But I'll cling to my stone knives  
and bear skins a while longer if I can. So many trees  and so little  
time ;-)

Komodo is a commercial product I know but I bought Photoshop and I  
figured I get more use out of Komodo so I might as well buy it. No  
regrets.
What Larry Wall says about his creation PERL: "there's more than one  
way to do it." applies here (and that's about all the PERL I'll speak  
in this forum lest I be banished forever;-). Seriously, there is no  
'right' way. For me, IDEs like Eclipse seem to get in my way and have  
to be 'bent' to work with Python in particular. While I am sure one  
can craft a very productive environment from those tools, I just keep  
it simple. I use BBEdit for XHTML/CSS also. It is familiar and I just  
like it. No Dreamweaver just an advanced text editor. That's why some  
use Emacs--its familiar, powerful enough,  and they just like it.  
Just find what is most efficient for you. There is no 'right' answer  
as far as most choices in tools. Vive la difference.