But if I understand correctly, you're using VIDLE not IDLE? Or did I get that wrong?
On 10 February 2014 23:39, Bruce Sherwood <bruce_sherw...@ncsu.edu> wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ IDLE-dev mailing list IDLE-dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/idle-dev
