What IDEs ("GUIs/editors") do others use for Python coding?
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Bracket Matching -. .- Line Numbering Smart Indent -. | | .- UML Editing / Viewing Source Control Integration -. | | | | .- Code Folding Error Markup -. | | | | | | .- Code Templates Integrated Python Debugging -. | | | | | | | | .- Unit Testing Multi-Language Support -. | | | | | | | | | | .- GUI Designer (Qt, Eric, etc) Auto Code Completion -. | | | | | | | | | | | | .- Integrated DB Support Commercial/Free -. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | .- Refactoring Cross Platform -. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+ Atom |Y |F |Y |Y*|Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y | |Y |Y | | | | |*many plugins Editra |Y |F |Y |Y | | |Y |Y |Y |Y | |Y | | | | | | Emacs |Y |F |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y | | | | Eric Ide |Y |F |Y | |Y |Y | |Y | |Y | |Y | |Y | | | | Geany |Y |F |Y*|Y | | | |Y |Y |Y | |Y | | | | | |*very limited Gedit |Y |F |Y¹|Y | | | |Y |Y |Y | | |Y²| | | | |¹with plugin; ²sort of Idle |Y |F |Y | |Y | | |Y |Y | | | | | | | | | IntelliJ |Y |CF|Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y | JEdit |Y |F | |Y | | | | |Y |Y | |Y | | | | | | KDevelop |Y |F |Y*|Y | | |Y |Y |Y |Y | |Y | | | | | |*no type inference Komodo |Y |CF|Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y | |Y |Y |Y | |Y | | NetBeans* |Y |F |Y |Y |Y | |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y | | |Y |*pre-v7.0 Notepad++ |W |F |Y |Y | |Y*|Y*|Y*|Y |Y | |Y |Y*| | | | |*with plugin Pfaide |W |C |Y |Y | | | |Y |Y |Y | |Y |Y | | | | | PIDA |LW|F |Y |Y | | | |Y |Y |Y | |Y | | | | | |VIM based PTVS |W |F |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y | |Y | | |Y*| |Y |*WPF bsed PyCharm |Y |CF|Y |Y*|Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |*JavaScript PyDev (Eclipse) |Y |F |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y | | | | PyScripter |W |F |Y | |Y |Y | |Y |Y |Y | |Y |Y |Y | | | | PythonWin |W |F |Y | |Y | | |Y |Y | | |Y | | | | | | SciTE |Y |F¹| |Y | |Y | |Y |Y |Y | |Y |Y | | | | |¹Mac version is ScriptDev |W |C |Y |Y |Y |Y | |Y |Y |Y | |Y |Y | | | | | commercial Spyder |Y |F |Y | |Y |Y | |Y |Y |Y | | | | | | | | Sublime Text |Y |CF|Y |Y | |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y | |Y |Y |Y*| | | |extensible w/Python, TextMate |M |F | |Y | | |Y |Y |Y |Y | |Y |Y | | | | | *PythonTestRunner UliPad |Y |F |Y |Y |Y | | |Y |Y | | | |Y |Y | | | | Vim |Y |F |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y | |Y |Y |Y | | | | Visual Studio |W |CF|Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |? |Y |? |? |Y |? |Y | Visual Studio Code|Y |F |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |? |Y |? |? |? |? |Y |uses plugins WingIde |Y |C |Y |Y*|Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y | |Y |Y |Y | | | |*support for C Zeus |W |C | | | | |Y |Y |Y |Y | |Y |Y | | | | | +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+ Cross Platform -' | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Commercial/Free -' | | | | | | | | | | | | | | '- Refactoring Auto Code Completion -' | | | | | | | | | | | | '- Integrated DB Support Multi-Language Support -' | | | | | | | | | | '- GUI Designer (Qt, Eric, etc) Integrated Python Debugging -' | | | | | | | | '- Unit Testing Error Markup -' | | | | | | '- Code Templates Source Control Integration -' | | | | '- Code Folding Smart Indent -' | | '- UML Editing / Viewing Bracket Matching -' '- Line Numbering Acronyms used:
L - Linux W - Windows M - Mac C - Commercial F - Free CF - Commercial with Free limited edition ? - To be confirmed I don't mention basics like syntax highlighting as I expect these by default.
This is a just dry list reflecting your feedback and comments, I am not advocating any of these tools. I will keep updating this list as you keep posting your answers.
PS. Can you help me to add features of the above editors to the list (like auto-complete, debugging, etc.)?
We have a comprehensive wiki page for this question https://wiki.python.org/moin/IntegratedDevelopmentEnvironments
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Axel
On my smartphone browser, this table is completely unreadable.
George Stocker
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multigoodverse
It would be also good to know which of these IDEs can open a Python interactive shell inside them.
Timmmm
The 'Y' for code completion is a bit misleading IMO. The only IDE I've tried on that list that has real code completion is PyCharm. Most of them have word-processor style code completion where it just matches what you've previously written, rather than actually trying to work out the type of your variables. I mean, it's understandable since Python's dynamic typing makes it extremely difficult to do, but we shouldn't delude ourselves that all these IDEs actually have real code completion.
Right leg
What's wrong with the link? When I click the image, the table has a dozen rows, while the preview seems to have thirty...
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