Thanks Alan... So, as an IDE/shell.. I assume it's not quite Eclipse, butallows you to do reasonable editing/snyax tracking/etc.. as well as run apps within the window/shell.. I assume breakpoints as well, and a good chunk of the rest of the usual IDE functions...
What about function completion? Where I type a function.. and it displays a "list" of potential function/defs ? Does it provide "function" or item hoovering. where cursor can be placed of a function/item and information about the func, or item (type/struct/etc..) is displayed? Thanks again' much appreciated!! On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 6:42 PM, Alan Gauld <alan.ga...@btinternet.com> wrote: > On 08/01/16 19:07, bruce wrote: > >> Is IDLE essentially an ide for doing py dev? I see there's a >> windows/linux (rpms) for it. > > Yes, its the official IDE for Python. > > There is an "unofficial" version called xidle which tends > to get a lot of the new stuff before it makes it into the > official release. For a long time not much happened with > IDLE but recently there has been a bunch of activity so > I'm hopeful we may soon see some new features appearing. > >> So, where does IDLE fit into this.... > > It incorporates a shell window where you can type commands > and you can create blank editor windows(with syntax > highlighting etc etc) from which you can save files, > run them, debug them etc. > > There are some YouTube and ShowMeDo videos around and > Danny Yoo has a short tutorial that is quite old but > still pretty much applicable. > > There is official documentation on the python.org > website too. > > Finally, it's not universally loved and definitely has > some quirks but it's adequate for getting started, > definitely better than notepad, say, on Windows. > > -- > Alan G > Author of the Learn to Program web site > http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ > http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld > Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos > > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
