For what it may be worth, I use Geany on my Ubuntu
OS, 12.04 LTS. I also have IDLE installed and I
can use the Terminal Window in running Command
Line.
Ken
On 12/17/2013 09:28 PM, Keith Winston wrote:
On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 7:26 PM, <tutor-requ...@python.org
<mailto:tutor-requ...@python.org>> wrote:
What else do I need to do to make this version of Python an
actually usable programming environment?
Chris Acreman
Chris, I'm also a noob, but I would recommend you install/use an IDE,
such as IDLE which comes free with all (I think) Python installs. An
Integrated Development Environment will help with formatting &
debugging, but the way I like to use IDLE is open up a window on the
right side of my screen with the file I'm working on, and whenever I
want to run it I save (ctrl-S, or menu) and run (F5, or menu), and
then watch it go in the other window. Very efficient. There are quite
a few other IDE's, free and not, but I don't really see the value for
a beginner (but then, I'm just a beginner!). You didn't mention what
operating system (or even what version of Python) you are using, this
will likely influence the choices others offer.
It is completely possible to do everything without an IDE, though
AFAIK most people end up using IDEs or editors that can be set up to
recognize (and color-code, etc) programming: VIM and EMACs are big
favorites. I can't imagine the learning curve of the latter is worth
it at first, if I correctly surmise your relatively noobiness based on
the question... IDLE is simple, you already have it installed probably
(a little more work if you are on linux), and it's got a GUI interface
with drop-down menus and all that good stuff. Hopefully I didn't just
start a flame war...
--
Keith
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