On Oct 06, Kenneth McDonald wrote: > The only _real_ problem is the eclipse learning curve.
The only real *advantage* of Eclipse (over other suggested tools) is its highly hyped automatic refactoring. Admittedly, I have not used it for Python development, but I'm skeptical of the feasibility of auto-refactoring in general, and therefore acknowledge *no* advantage. Furthermore, Eclipse requires java and is thusly not provided on any linux distro I'm familiar with, which I consider a huge roadblock. And as mentioned, it's bloated. > But, given that eclipse will be around for a _long_ time, and given > how nicely PyDev is coming along, I actually expect this to become > the de facto standard Python editor (though it will take a while). Was this a troll?? If so, you got me to bite. I haven't heard a feature mentioned in this thread that can't be done at least as easily with a capable text editor like vim or emacs. I'm not trying to start another editor war here. They tend to have a steeper learning curve than IDEs, but in my experience are largely worth the learning investment. I just wanted to say that I really doubt the possibility of Eclipse becoming anywhere near standard, given any amount of time. I would suspect that the majority of Python programmers write in one of vim or emacs. Anyone got stats? -- Micah Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
