On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 07:36:51AM -0500, Kent Johnson wrote:
> Timmie wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I am stepping forward into learning python and write my first programs now.
> > To facilitate my development I have a question:
> >
> > Is there a tool which I can run on my code and then get a flow chart from
> > it or
> > visualize its structure in another form?
>
> http://pycallgraph.slowchop.com/ will show the call graph
> epydoc 3.0 can create a variety of graphics including call graph,
> package diagram and class diagrams:
> http://epydoc.sourceforge.net/whatsnew.html
>
> Stepping through code in a debugger is a good way to understand it.
> Winpdb is a good choice:
> http://www.digitalpeers.com/pythondebugger/
>
There are a variety of IDEs (integrated development environments)
that may help. See:
http://wiki.python.org/moin/IntegratedDevelopmentEnvironments
Two that I've looked at:
- Geany -- http://geany.uvena.de/
- Eric -- http://www.die-offenbachs.de/eric/index.html -- Eric was
easy to install on Debian GNU/Linux, but may be more of a
challenge on MS Windows.
Dave
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Dave Kuhlman
http://www.rexx.com/~dkuhlman
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