Windows Apps: Since you said "professional looking" applications, I assume you mean graphical interfaces (windows - GUI): If so, I recomend PythonCard ( http://pythoncard.sourceforge. net/ ). It is very easy to use, very similar to Visual Basic or Delphi (drag and drop widgets on a form...).
Web Development: An excellent choice for simple (and complex, but easy) web development in Python is Karrigell ( http://karrigell.sourceforge. net/ ). It is not an IDE, but a web framework. The coding can de made with the standard IDLE or simply notepad. Books: Learning Python 2nd Edition. Very good and complete introduction to python. Online resources: A byte of Python (google this) Dive into Python (for more experienced programmers) Hope this helps... Luis -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
