On 08/01/16 19:07, bruce wrote: > Is IDLE essentially an ide for doing py dev? I see there's a > windows/linux (rpms) for it.
Yes, its the official IDE for Python. There is an "unofficial" version called xidle which tends to get a lot of the new stuff before it makes it into the official release. For a long time not much happened with IDLE but recently there has been a bunch of activity so I'm hopeful we may soon see some new features appearing. > So, where does IDLE fit into this.... It incorporates a shell window where you can type commands and you can create blank editor windows(with syntax highlighting etc etc) from which you can save files, run them, debug them etc. There are some YouTube and ShowMeDo videos around and Danny Yoo has a short tutorial that is quite old but still pretty much applicable. There is official documentation on the python.org website too. Finally, it's not universally loved and definitely has some quirks but it's adequate for getting started, definitely better than notepad, say, on Windows. -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor