[wxPython-users] Re: Recommendations for IDE

[Werner F. Bruhin]

Hi Stef,

Stef Mientki wrote:
>
>
> Colin J. Williams wrote:
>> Stef Mientki wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Rick King wrote:
>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>> I've been working with wxpython off and on for years and have liked 
>>>> spe for development.
>>>>  
>>>> For a while now, spe is having all kinds of problems - one of the 
>>>> most annoying is his code editor, which is based on stc, and isn't 
>>>> working right; among other things it won't keep the cursor at the 
>>>> current indent level on a new line.
>>>>  
>>>> Stani's done an amazing job with spe and I've really liked using it 
>>>> but it's getting too annoying anymore so I'm thinking of changing.
>>>>  
>>>> What are people using now for an IDE?
>>> What OS(s) are you using ?
>>> What kind of programs do you write ?
>>> I think it's impossible to make an IDE, that is good enough (without 
>>> being a monster) to serve all purposes.
>>>
>>> So my background:
>>> - I work 100% windows
>>> - my customers all have windows
>>> - all of my programs have a large and important GUI (otherwise I 
>>> wouldn't be in this group)
>>>
>>> And this is what I use
>>> - for normal programs I use PyScripter, quit good and complete but 
>>> less suited for GUI design and testing.
>>>  From what I've read here and in other groups, DABO should be the 
>>> way to go, but I couldn't get it working :-(
>>> - for scientific work, signal analysis, I use Signal WorkBench
>>> - for large and extended GUIs, I still use Delphi, and simply embed 
>>> Python ;-)
>>>
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>> Stef Mientki
>>
>> Boa Constructor CVS version has recently been updated, after a fair 
>> quite period.
> Looks promising, but where to download, and why so secret ??
Can't speak for Riaan, but I don't think it is kept a secret.  He only 
announces releases here, Boa 0.6 is only released in CVS.
> Another problem is that I'm tied to Python 2.4.
That shouldn't be a problem, why do you think it is one?

Werner