IDLE is no longer satisfactory for me. Other IDEs make me very confused. Really do not know which one to use.
I use WinXP sp2 for current development. So far as I know, Eclipse + PyDev + PyDev Extension is perfect for source code editing. Since I am really not sure how to use the debugger module, I really do not know how to add watch to variables etc. Anyone knows if this platform is a good one? I hope that an IDE should be featured with: 1. Grammar Colored highlights. 2. Manage project in a tree view or something alike, ie, a project file navigator. 3. Code collapse and folding. 4. Code auto-completion: especially prompting function parameters when I am typing a function previously defined by myself. Like the one in Visual Studio series. 5. Debugging: Breakpoints, conditional pause. watch for variables.step into, over and out of a function. What about other IDEs? Since I do not need GUI development. More over, the free-of-charge IDE is highly preferred. 6.Indentation management like in IDLE: press ctrl+[/] to modify the identation of a line or a block. In addition, I have seen quite a few editors, which are definitely not what I want. Thank you so much for suggestions. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
