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Reviews
Python Development Environments (IDEs) part1, part2 (Ian Ozsvald, 2007-05-14)
ShowMeDo Blog: Choosing a Python IDE (Jeremy Jones, 2007-03-08)
September 2005 Review of 6 Python IDEs (PyDev, Eric3, Boa, BlackAdder, Komodo, Wing) and the February 2006 follow-up review of 4 (PyDev, SPE, Komodo, Wing)
Charming Python: Review of Python IDEs (David Mertz, 2003-12-11)
Charming Python: A review of Python IDEs (David Mertz, 2001-05-01)
A New Harvest of Python IDEs (Boudewijn Rempt, 2000-11-27)
and these ShowMeDo videos for Wing 3 Professional SPE, PyDev (inside Eclipse) and IPython.
IDEs with introspection-based code completion and integrated debugger
Name |
Platform |
Updated |
Notes |
Windows/Linux/Mac OS X |
2008 |
Multi-language IDE. Available as Komodo IDE (commercial) and Komodo Edit (open source, as part of the OpenKomodo project) |
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Eclipse |
2008 |
Open source plugin for Eclipse -- Allows Python and Jython Editing, code-completion, debugger, refactoring, templates, syntax analysis, etc.; see also PyDev Extensions |
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Windows/Linux/Mac OS X/Unix |
2008 |
Commercial with networked debugger, integrated unit testing, source browser, and syntax coloring/auto-completing editor. Free license for non-commercial open-source developers with an established project. |
IDEs with introspection-based code completion /or/ integrated debugger
Name |
Platform |
Updated |
Notes |
Windows/Linux |
2004 |
Commercial; integrated debugger; interfaces with Qt Designer |
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Python + PyQt + QScintilla |
2008 |
Interfaces with Qt Designer, Qt Linguist, unittest; integrated debugger |
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Python + GTK |
2007 |
Integrated source control, debugger, and profiler |
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Windows |
2008 |
Integrated debugger. Requires Python 2.3 or later to be installed |
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Windows, Linux, MacOsX, FreeBSD, more |
2008 |
Open-source with wxPython interface. Code completion, call tips, class explorer, source index, auto todo list, Blender support, integrated PyChecker (source code doctor) and Kiki (regex console). Download instructions |
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Linux, FreeBSD, ..., (Windows in progress) |
2007 (2008 dev) |
Open-source with GTK interface, written in Python. Supports different languages, python trough rope and pyflakes as well as rpdb2. Support different Editors (Vim, Medit, Emacs) Current Repos |
IDEs with integrated gui builder
Name |
Platform |
Updated |
Notes |
Python + wxPython |
2007 |
RAD GUI building IDE for wxPython, similar to Delphi. |
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Python + wxPython |
2006 |
RAD GUI building IDE |
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Mac OS X 10.5 and later |
2008 |
Apple's free IDE now with full Python GUI making. Requires free developer registration for download. |
Editors
Take a look at PythonEditors if you prefer something lightweight. IDEs that don't integrate anything Python-specific are also listed here.