Suggestions for a development environment?

2008-02-21 Thread James Newton
Hi Python activity developers, I am fairly new to Python and to Linux. I have a number of ideas for educational activities that I would like to create for the XO. I'm currently working on a Snakes and Ladders game. I have plans for several other activities, including an Abacus, a game for

Re: Suggestions for a development environment?

2008-02-21 Thread Gerard J. Cerchio
I prefer IDE's too, and have been using Eclipse: http://www.eclipse.org I am pretty sure Ubuntu has it packaged. Have you tried running your development environment in a virtual machine? Here are a few notes on OLPC development: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Gcerchio.diary

Re: Suggestions for a development environment?

2008-02-21 Thread Dana Pellerin
James, I too am brand new to the whole Python/GTK/Linux thing as well. I'm really looking forward to reading about your experiences as you learn and I have planned to document mine as well. There seems to be very few entry level tutorials for people who are new to the entire platform. Coming