"mike kreiner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Are there any plans for developing a standard IDE for python that's > included with the python installation? I found information about other > IDE's elsewhere online, but couldn't even find any mention of this > possibility. > > I'm still relatively new to Python--I switched over from VB--and I > found it difficult to learn python without an IDE. Most experienced > programmers I know started out using Emacs or another text editor, and > are very happy with that; however, I found it difficult to put all the > pieces (like GUI, etc.) together myself. i tried many of the free IDEs, > but was dissatisfied (VS is tough to beat in my opinion, much better > than the average m$ application *plz don't flame*). although it'd be a > difficult undertaking, i think an IDE would be a tremendous boost for > python in terms of gaining support in education and the business > community. has anyone else discussed this? does anyone know the BDFL's > stance? thanks. > > ~mike >
That would be something called IDLE, which is included with python already. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list