"Heather Stovold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > I've decided on DrPython for the Editor.... >> >> An editor for each language? Is that the kind of tower you get when >> you start using IDEs? I just kept right on using the same text editor >> I'd been using for the last 20 (now 30) years. > I have programmed in the past with a plain text editor too did it for > years. - but I much prefer programming with tools that have syntax coloring, > code completion, and the ability to run from the editor. Debugging tools are > a bonus too.
I've got syntax coloring. I'm not sure what you mean "run from the editor". I can send functions/classes to an interpreter running in the editor. I can run programs either via the editor command to run programs, or from a shell running in the editor. I have no idea whether or not the editor will do code completion. The only autocompletion facilities I use while editing (as opposed to issuing commands or looking for help) is looking up things in my email address book. >> > I still need to decide on a database........ I've really only used > Access, >> > and my SQL skills aren't that great. It would also need to be free.... >> > Any suggestions?? >> Access is just a way of talking to a database. Which is what most >> Python database tools are - ways to talk to a back-end database. If > MS Access is also a file-based relational-database program in Windows, which > you can access the database files either through the program, or the > database directly through other tools - including most MS programming > languages. IIRC - and I may not - access uses the "Jet" (name may be obsolete) database engine for it's file-based relational database access. >> That won't depend on the database. It will depend on what you want >> your applications to do when it comes to generating reports - assuming >> you generate any at all. > Some reports are a definate requirement. How will they be displayed? If you want to print them, it will depend on the platform. If you want to display them in a window, it'll depend on the GUI toolkit. <mike -- Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
