If I misunderstood, it is because IDLE works very well for my thousands of Python newbies.
Bruce On Feb 10, 2014 6:10 PM, "phil jones" <inters...@gmail.com> wrote: > Bruce : [quote] > I have the strong impression, including from Jessica's talk, that IDLE is > very objectionable to experienced programmers, and I would say simply that > they shouldn't use it. > [/quote] > > To be honest, I interpreted Jessica as saying the opposite. That IDLE was > not good enough for the *beginners* in her novice class. And that one of > the barriers to entry to python in general was the lack of a good entry > level development environment. > I don't think this about professional programmers missing "advanced" > features. > > Phil >
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