Seconded. Code Runner is ideal for this sort of thing. BBEdit perhaps a bit of a sledgehammer to start with, but once you're into bigger projects, it'll come back into play.
-Ben On Friday, November 27, 2015 at 1:52:28 PM UTC, François Schiettecatte wrote: > > I would also recommend Code Runner 2 on the Apple App Store, it is a good > sandbox to test things: > > https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/coderunner-2/id955297617?mt=12 > > François > > > On Nov 26, 2015, at 7:24 PM, Achim Siebert <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > > > You can just type your python program into BBEdit, save it as myapp.py > or some such, and press Cmd+R to run it. BBEdit will open a window with the > output. > > If you want an interactive Python, you may use the Terminal app - it can > be set to a bigger font size in its preferences. Just type "python" > followed by the return key into it and you can start putting in Python code > - try "print("Hello world!")" ;-). > > PyCharm is a good choice, it's my preferred Python IDE. But you're right > in that the fonts of the output window could be bigger. For smaller > projects I use just BBEdit. > > OS X comes with Python 2.7 preinstalled - to learn programming you don't > need a higher version than that (and also later on it's sufficient for most > tasks). > > > > On Thursday, 26 November 2015 23:32:22 UTC+1, davidas3 wrote: > > Hi, > > > > My daughter (15) and I have begun learning programming using Python. In > a thread I saw that BBEdit could be used as a console to write code. I've > upgraded my license from v. 4.5 to 11 and, while I'm proficient enough in > Mac OS X, I'm at odds figuring out how to use BBEdit with Python 3.5. Can't > figure out how to set Python up. PyCharm Edu's default text is too small to > be practical for both of us to work together. Can BBEdit replace the Python > Console? If, where and how can I instruct Python (or v.v. BBEdit) to link > up? Any help or instructions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in > advance for your time and consideration! > > > > All the best, > > > > David > > > > -- > > This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a > > feature request or would like to report a problem, please email > > "[email protected] <javascript:>" rather than posting to the group. > > Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit> > > > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > > -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
