On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:31 AM, Ulrich Eckhardt <eckha...@satorlaser.com>wrote:
> Steve Ferg wrote: > > On the one hand, there are developers who love big IDEs with lots of > > features (code generation, error checking, etc.), and rely on them to > > provide the high level of support needed to be reasonably productive > > in heavy-weight languages (e.g. Java). > > > > On the other hand there are developers who much prefer to keep things > > light-weight and simple. They like clean high-level languages (e.g. > > Python) which are compact enough that you can keep the whole language > > in your head, and require only a good text editor to be used > > effectively. > > This distinction is IMHO not correct. If you took a look at Java, you would > notice that the core language syntax is much simpler than Python's. OTOH, > if you add the standard libraries, you would soon see that Python's > libraries are not as consistent (i.e. conformant to PEP8) as Java's. > > What makes up for Python's perceived usability problems though is the > commandline parser that allows you to inspect the type of an object and its > parts of it at runtime, in particular the docstrings are a treasure there. > > That said, an IDE that provides auto-completion (e.g. that gives you a list > of available class members) is a good thing in Java, because you don't have > to browse the documentation as often. With Python, that is impossible > because there are no types bound to parameters, so any type that fits is > allowed (duck typing). > I just downloaded the Aptana IDE which has Python support and I have not tried it yet. But I remebered seeing this thread. Has anyone used the Aptana IDE for Python development ? thanks mohan > > Uli > > -- > Sator Laser GmbH > Geschäftsführer: Thorsten Föcking, Amtsgericht Hamburg HR B62 932 > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >
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