On Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:51:00 -0800, Raymond Hettinger wrote: > Do you use IDLE when teaching Python? If not, what is the tool of > choice?
I'm obviously biased (I started IPython years ago), but I've done a lot of teaching and I still do like the combination of IPython plus an editor. Sometimes I use IDLE configured to only open the editor and not the shell, but I recommend that users learn a 'real' editor for the long run (aka emacs/vim), as it's an investment that will pay off many times over. But if nothing else, there's at least an OK free editor for each OS that does work, and I keep a 'starter kit' page with those resources for my students: http://fperez.org/py4science/starter_kit.html Cheers, f -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
