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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

Komodo

Windows/Linux/Mac OS X

2010

Multi-language IDE with support for Python 2.x and Python 3. Available as Komodo IDE (commercial) and Komodo Edit (open source, as part of the Open Komodo project).

NetBeans

Linux, Mac, Solaris, Windows

2009

Python/Jython support in NetBeans -- Open source, allows Python and Jython Editing, code-completion, debugger, refactoring, templates, syntax analysis, etc.; see also http://wiki.netbeans.org/Python. UPDATE: Netbeans 7.0 released without Python support. Check http://wiki.netbeans.org/Python70Roadmap for upcoming Python support.

PyCharm

Linux/Mac OS X/Windows

2011

Commercial IDE with smart Python editor providing quick code navigation, code completion, refactoring. Fully supports Django Web development, unit testing, provides debugger with Django templates debugging, and version control integration. Free license for open-source projects.

PyDev

Eclipse

2011

Free, open-source plugin for Eclipse -- Allows Python, Jython, and IronPython editing, code-completion, debugger, refactoring, quick navigation, templates, code analysis, unittest integration, Django integration, etc.

WingIde

Windows/Linux/Mac OS X/Unix

2009

Commercial with networked debugger, integrated unit testing, source browser, and syntax coloring/auto-completing editor. Free of charge license for non-commercial open-source developers with an established project.

PyScripter

Windows

2009

MIT licensed IDE written in Delphi with debugger, integrated unit testing, source browser, code navigation and syntax coloring/auto-completing editor.

Pyshield

Windows, Linux

2010

Commercial IDE tool used to edit, debug Python script, publish encrypted scripts, build a standalone executable file, manage more files by project view, and make installation in various forms(.msi, .tar.gz, .rpm, .zip, .tar.bz2). It includes an editor simulating Emacs python-mode, a GUI debugger simulating GDB, a project view used to manage scripts, modules, extensions, packages, platform specific data files, and GUI interface to make installation.

Spyder

Windows/Linux/Mac OS X

2009

Free open-source scientific Python development environment providing MATLAB-like features: console with variable browser, sys.path browser, environment variables browser, integrated plotting features, autocompletion and tooltips - editor with syntax highlighting, class/function browser, pyflakes/pylint code analysis, inline find/replace and search in files features, code completion and tooltips. 100% pure Python, part of Python(x,y) distribution (Windows/Linux).

IDLE

Windows/Linux/Mac OS X/All Tk Platforms

2009

Multi-window colorized source browser, autoindent, autocompletion, tool tips, code context panel, search in files, class and path browsers, debugger, executes code in clean separate subprocess with one keystroke. 100% pure Python, part of Python 2.x and 3.x distributions.

ยต.dev

Windows (needs to be compiled manually for other platforms)

2010

An open-source IDE, created using Lazarus. It's only for Python. include syntax highlighting, project manager, and uses pdb for debugging.

IEP

Windows/Linux/Mac OS X

2010

Open-source Python IDE focused on interactivity and introspection, which makes it very suitable for scientific computing. Its practical design is aimed at simplicity and efficiency. IEP consists of two main components, the editor and the shell, and uses a set of pluggable tools to help the programmer in various ways: source structure, interactive help, workspace, file browser (with functionality for searching), web browser, logger.

PythonToolkit (PTK)

Windows/Linux/Mac OS X

2011

An interactive environment for python built around a matlab style console window and editor. It was designed to provide a python based environment similiar to Matlab for scientists and engineers however it can also be used as a general purpose interactive python environment especially for interactive GUI programming. Features include: Multiple independent python interpreters. Interactively program with different GUI toolkits (wxPython, TkInter, pyGTK, pyQT4 and PySide). Matlab style namespace/workspace browser. Object auto-completions, calltips and multi-line command editing in the console. Object inspection and python path management. Simple code editor and integrated debugger.

PyStudio

Windows/Linux/Mac OS X

2011

Open-source plugin that adds syntax checking, integrated debugger and module search to Editra, a general purpose developer's text editor that supports python syntax highlighting, auto-ident, auto-completion, classbrowser, and can run scripts from inside the editor.

Python Tools for Visual Studio

Windows

2011

Open-source plugin for Visual Studio. Supports syntax highlighting, debugging and rich intellisense, refactoring, object browser, MPI cluster debugging, and an interactive REPL window.

IDEs with introspection-based code completion /or/ integrated debugger

Name

Platform

Updated

Notes

BlackAdder

Windows/Linux

2004

Commercial; integrated debugger; interfaces with Qt Designer

eric

Python + PyQt + QScintilla

2008

Open Source, interfaces with Qt Designer, Qt Linguist, unittest; integrated debugger

SPE

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

Pida

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

SharpDevelop

.net CLR

26/7/2009

FOSS IDE uses IronPython to support making python module solutions.

NINJA-IDE

Python + PyQt + (Linux/Windows/Mac OS X)

2011

NINJA-IDE (from: "Ninja Is Not Just Another IDE"), is a cross-platform integrated development environment specially design to build Python Applications.

IDEs with integrated gui builder

Name

Platform

Updated

Notes

MonkeyStudio

Windows/Linux/Mac

2010

OpenSource (GPL) powerful cross platform (Win,Mac,Linux) RAD GUI IDE, includes a integrated QtDesigner supports Python+PyQt4

BoaConstructor

Python + wxPython

2007

RAD GUI building IDE for wxPython, similar to Delphi.

PythonCard

Python + wxPython

2006

RAD GUI building IDE

Xcode

Mac OS X 10.5 and later

2008

Apple's free of charge IDE now with full Python GUI making. Requires free developer registration for download.

Visual Python

Python + Tkinter

2010

Visual graphic interface. Python GUI

Python Tools for Visual Studio

Windows

2011

Integrated WPF GUI Designer for IronPython (Free/OSS)

Editors

Take a look at PythonEditors if you prefer something lightweight. IDEs that don't integrate anything Python-specific are also listed at PythonEditors#Glorified_Editors.


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