> I can understand why they did it. They haven't won me over to eclipse > though. I just find the interface too busy for my liking (although that > could just be the way they ahve it setup for the school). If I am doing a > few scripts I use Vim but I recently purchased PyCharm from the Jetbrains > folks. I am really liking it. It is fairly new, but they are responsive to > requests and have some nice features in the IDE (lots of Django integration, > etc.). Anyway, choice is a good thing. :) > > -- > Robert >
Thanks for the feedback Robert. When participants in the Python course ask me about IDEs, I point them to threads like this one. People have varying tastes, and if you're already a whiz at vim, why ever change? The OST use of Eclipse is more a ruthless repurposing, forcing it into the role of a server-side GUI for remote desktop use. They're repurposing Mathematica the same way (with permission), by devising a custom GUI for it (used at University of Illinois). Professors set up shop without requiring either student's or their host institutions to buy a Mathematica license, though many will opt to do this on their own anyway. Whereas I think this Eclipse / Ellipse based approach serves a worthwhile didactic purpose, it's not necessarily a "sales pitch" for Eclipse as the IDE of choice for one's personal use. PyDev is still evolving and users not needing exotic those plugins might be spared the inconvenience. Note: Eclipse is also the authoring system for the OST courseware, which is developed in XML with a licensed Oxygen plugin, and then transformed into PDF and XHTML for the end users. Kirby _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
