Hello all I've been learning Python for the past few months, reading tutorials and postings here. I've bought the personal Komodo then downloaded Eclipse with Pydev. IDLE also is a staple of everyday use.
~10 years ago, I had CS as a minor in college. I learned some C and modula-2 to name the relevent languages. Back then I was compiling on a VAX. Much different than today. I was hoping someone could guide me a bit with current-day practices. I've been pythoning along, but I hear about things I don't know about (re-factoring, unit-testing, debugging, ant build tools) and I don't know how they're applicable to make my life easier. Tutorials didn't shed too much light -- they make it seem to be more work than I need now. To be clear, I've used debuggers in the past, but it seems when I set break- points, the Eclipse just skips merrily past them, or steps at every line, and for wxPython, that's annoying given all the support libraries. I also use wxPython and wxGlade, so those seem to ignore debug mode completely for some reason. Can someone please shed some light onto how I should really use my IDE to make my life more enjoyable? I feel I just don't know how to use the tools that are available, and that's frustrating. Thanks so much! Dave -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
