[Tutor] Good Text Editor/IDE for Python

[Juan Christian]

I'm using Windows, but I do use Linux on a daily basis.

On Sunday, August 31, 2014, Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 09:12:24PM -0300, Juan Christian wrote:
> > I've been using PyCharm to code in Python but it seems a bit
> "overpowered"
> > for this task, and there are some annoying bugs. I used Sublime Text 2 in
> > the past, but it seems to be dead now (last update was JUN/2013), so I
> > don't really know any good options.
> >
> > What do you guys use to code?
>
> I wouldn't be too concerned about the lack of updates to Sublime.
> Perhaps there are no updates because there are no bugs to fix, code to
> remove, or requested features to add. If it works, it works.
>
> You don't say what operating system you're using. I use Linux, and as
> far as I am concerned, the best IDE for Linux is Linux itself:
>
> http://blog.sanctum.geek.nz/series/unix-as-ide/
>
> http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2013/01/09/ide-culture-vs-unix-philosophy/
>
> My IDE is:
>
> - A good programmer's editor, ideally one that supports a tabbed
>   interface. I normally use kate (from KDE 3, not KDE 4) or geany, or
>   at a pinch kwrite although it's not tabbed.
>
> - A web browser, for looking up documentation and doing web searches.
>
> - A good tabbed terminal application. Konsole from KDE is my
>   preferred choice, but just about any one will do.
>
> In the terminal, I'll open anything up to half a dozen tabs. One for
> running source control (git or hg) and other utilities, another for
> running the application I'm writing and performing tests, and at least
> one interactive Python session for trying out small snippets and looking
> up interactive help.
>
> Just recently, I've customised my interactive Python with a powerful set
> of tab completion commands, similar to that provided by IPython. While
> typing, if I hit tab, it will try to complete the current variable,
> function, module or file name. I don't know how I programmed without it
> all these years :-)
>
>
>
> --
> Steven
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