[wxPython-users] Recommendations for IDE

[Mike Driscoll]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stef Mientki [mailto:s.mientki at ru.nl] 
> Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 1:04 PM
> To: wxPython-users at lists.wxwidgets.org
> Subject: Re: [wxPython-users] Recommendations for IDE
> 
> 
> 
> 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
> 
> 

I liked the Dabo demos a lot, but I couldn't get it to run either. It pops
up a file dialog asking for python file and when I give it one, it closes
and nothing happens. Maybe it's a Windows thing. I use Windows XP for
development, although I have had some of my scripts run on Ubuntu/Debian.

Mike