On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 5:28 PM, Anthony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, I'm a FoxPro programmer, but I want to learn python before it's > too late. I do a lot of statistical programming, so I import SPSS > into python. In my opinion, the best features of Visual FoxPro 9.0 > were: > a) Intellisense (tells you what classes/methods are available and what > variables go into a function) > b) Code Completion (guesses your code after four letters) > c) Data-Orientation; multiple data sessions can be open, data can be > viewed easily > > Python's IDLE has only half of the first of these features. I did a > lot of searching and found the PyDev extensions for Eclipse's Python > IDE, and found that they've got Intellisense. I'm still missing b and > c, and am getting extremely frustrated programming so slowly.. > > So two questions: > Is there any package, gui, IDE, anything that will do FoxPro-style > code completion? If it works in Eclipse, even better.. > I can't find a good screenshot, but here's a better description: > You type "BROW" and it pops up a window that says "BROWSE" ..at this > point if you hit enter it completes the word.. > > and > > How can I view open SPSS data in one of the Python GUIs? Again, > Eclipse would be the preference. > Here's an example of how I'd like to browse the data: > http://www.vfpconversion.com/ArticleImage.aspx?QuickID=0209071&Image=vfptoolkit_figure02.tif > I don't want to have to switch back and forth between Python and SPSS > while I'm programming; I just want to stay in one of them.. > > What can I do? I feel extremely inefficient when I don't have these > three features.. >
BTW, if you're developing for windows, you may also want to check out IronPython which plugs into the Visual Studio framework, I believe: http://www.codeplex.com/IronPython http://www.codeplex.com/IronPythonStudio -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
