Development Tools

IDEs

IDLE

Standard Python editor that comes with Python. Good for most small programs.

SPE

To date, the most advanced non-commercial

development environment

Erik

Powerful development environment that helps

managing big projects with many files, as well as testing and debugging them.

Eclipse

A Python plug-in for Eclipse exists as well.

PyDoc

Creates HTML pages from the comments in a bunch of Python modules.

PyChecker

Checks Python source code for common

errors.

Rlcompleter

Tool for the Python command line that supports Tab-expansion.

Jython

A Python compiler that creates Java code. Useful to make Java and Python programs work together, and to run Python programs from a web browser.

Keyboard shortcuts in IDLE:

• Ctrl+] – indent a block of code.
• Ctrl+[ – dedent a block of code.
• Alt+3 – comment out a block of code.
• Alt+4 – uncomment a block of code.
• F5 – run a script.
• Alt+X – check a script for syntax errors.