> What are your experiences with editors / IDEs and Python? I've used > Eclipse with Java, how is the PyDev plugin? Is there a good editor > with method completion and collapsible codeblocks? >
I personally use PyDev for all my Python work these days. [In my opinion] It has excellent codeblock support, very good code completion (as good as you would expect in the C/C++ world!) and excellent code summary support (class/module browser). I only have two gripes: Its memory usage - which you'll probably be familiar with if you've used it with Java in the past, and the fact that it is horribly slow for some tasks (startup...) under Linux. I started using Eclipse mainly because of its excellent integration with pdb. I would go so far as to say that for "ease of use" it beats Visual Studio or any other commercial environment I've used. > Flexibility is valuable, because they'll also be using this editor for > XHTML / CSS but Python is the most demanding unit. The "Eclipse Web Tools Platform" has a decent xml editor and html validation - I'm not sure about CSS though. I would certainly recommend PyDev - although it would probably need an introduction for those students not familiar with an IDE. ...Just a couple of thoughts Johannes -- Johannes Woolard, Entz Rep, Oriel College, Oxford, UK mobile: 07837880296 _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
