Keep caution while using geany. It causes indentation problems On 18-Dec-2013 10:34 PM, "Ken G." <beachkid...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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> 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > >
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