[Edu-sig] Edu-sig Digest, Vol 22, Issue 26

[Kirby Urner]

> On the down side, the Python IDEs I've seen are nowhere near as good as
> the Java IDEs such as Eclipse or IDEA. This is no problem for Catholic 
> coders who dislike IDEs, and it is less of problem for Python because 
> of its good syntax, but an IDE that supports refactoring and incremental 
> compiling sure would be nice.
> 
> Toby
> --
> Dr. Toby Donaldson
> School of Computing Science
> Simon Fraser University

I've used the Python plug-in for Eclipse some.  It wasn't in final form, but
did sport a lot of those Eclipse features.

If you're willing to spend money, there's the Wing IDE.  I've downloaded the
free trial version, but have yet to evaluate it properly.

I fully agree that we could use some more featureful IDEs, including free
ones -- which   reminds me, it's been awhile since I played with DrPython.
I think I'll go grab it before the meter runs out on my Hotspot wireless
account (I'm in the Vancouver airport international departure lounge).

Kirby