Another IDE to consider that supports the MAC OS is PyCharm from JetBrains.
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 7:50 AM, Wayne Werner <waynejwer...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 5:50 AM, Walter Prins <wpr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 29 September 2011 10:42, Robert Johansson < >> robert.johans...@math.umu.se> wrote: >> >>> Hi,**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> I know that there is a lot to read about different IDEs on the net but I >>> have tried a couple and I’m still not pleased. My demands are not that high, >>> when I’m under Windows I’m happy with IDLE (an interactive shell and debug) >>> but the problem is with Mac (Python >= 2.7 and OS 10.7). IDLE had serious >>> problems and TextWrangler had no interactive shell. There’s a lot of other >>> stuff to try and I would be grateful if someone could spare me some time on >>> this. **** >>> >>> >>> >> Well, if you're prepared to spend a bit of money, I've heard very good >> things about Wingware, which is also available on Mac (Note, not a user >> myself currently, but has seen it before and been favourably impressed, >> enough to suggest it here despite not currently actively using it myself.) >> Link: http://wingware.com/ > > > I'll second that. If you're really into IDEs, Wingware is a great one - > they also have a student/open source license that may be right up your > alley. > > My personal favorite? > > Two terminal windows - one with Vim, editing my Python scripts, and another > with an interactive interpreter. Since you can map keys in Vim, I have <F5> > mapped to save and run current file. If you're in the habit of editing > multiple files you could set it up to map <F5> to ask which file you want to > set as your main .py file. And since you mentioned debug, I usually just use > pdb if I need debugging. You could easily map a key such as <F9> to insert a > new line and type 'pdb.set_trace()'. Vim has a fairly steep learning curve, > but if you spend 30 minutes with the vimtutor you'll be fine. With newer > versions of Vim you can also write plugins for them in Python. > > Of course these capabilities (and many many more) are available with Emacs. > > I personally recommend that you learn one (or both) of these editors. They > will highly improve the speed at which you are able to edit your code. > > HTH, > Wayne > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > >
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