On 30/07/17 23:22, George Sconyers via Tutor wrote: > ...looking for a recommended compiler for an Ubuntu environment.
In programming precision is everything. You are not in fact looking for a compiler, you are looking for a development environment or IDE. A compiler takes source code and produces executable machine code. C-Python does not have such a thing (it uses an interpreter to translate the code at runtime) although you an get one for the Java based Jython. But that's not really what you are asking for... > ...using gedit but don't get the benefit of auto-indentation > and color > coding of key words. These are feature of the editor (usually a component of an IDE) - and gedit can do the syntax colouring, I'm not sure about the auto-indent... But rather than use gedit I suggest you use IDLE which is a simple but useful Python IDE built in Python. > ...something that facilitates debuggig and stepping through code. IDLE does all of the above. You can get it via the Ubuntu software manager or Synaptic or apt-get... Make sure you get the right version for your Python version There are many other IDEs for Python, right up to professional tools like Eclipse and Netbeans but IDLE is a good starting point. And there are lots of YouTube videos to get you started. HTH -- 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
