since this all opinions :), I don't think idle is worth bothering with. for editor that can do ide like things, consider atom (free, get a bunch of plugins) or sublime text (not free). for a full ide, pycharm is great (community edition free). for a lightweight ide to get started, i liked thonny when i trialed it at somebody's request, but do look at that wiki page, tons of choices there.
On July 30, 2017 6:09:20 PM MDT, Alan Gauld via Tutor <tutor@python.org> wrote: >On 30/07/17 23:22, George Sconyers via Tutor wrote: >> ...looking for a recommended compiler for an Ubuntu environment. > >In programming precision is everything. > >You are not in fact looking for a compiler, you are >looking for a development environment or IDE. > >A compiler takes source code and produces executable >machine code. C-Python does not have such a thing >(it uses an interpreter to translate the code at runtime) >although you an get one for the Java based Jython. >But that's not really what you are asking for... > >> ...using gedit but don't get the benefit of auto-indentation > and >color coding of key words. > >These are feature of the editor (usually a component of an IDE) >- and gedit can do the syntax colouring, I'm not sure about the >auto-indent... But rather than use gedit I suggest you use >IDLE which is a simple but useful Python IDE built in Python. > >> ...something that facilitates debuggig and stepping through code. > >IDLE does all of the above. > >You can get it via the Ubuntu software manager or Synaptic or >apt-get... >Make sure you get the right version for your Python version > >There are many other IDEs for Python, right up to professional tools >like Eclipse and Netbeans but IDLE is a good starting point. And >there are lots of YouTube videos to get you started. > >HTH >-- >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 -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
