IntegratedDevelopmentEnvironments¶

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This page was migrated from the old MoinMoin-based wiki. Information may be outdated or no longer applicable. For current documentation, see python.org.

(!) Please keep wiki links as wiki links, use external links only if there is no existing page for the IDE.

Reviews¶

First look on Thonny (Jeff Elkner, 2016-01-23)
Evaluating IDEs for Scientific Python (Patrick Mineault, 2013-05-27)
Comparison of Python IDEs for Development(Jason Fruit, 2013-01-14)
Do Python Coding with NINJA-IDE(Dmitri Popov, 2011-07-13)
InfoWorld review: Nine fine Python development tools (Rick Grehan, 2010-09-08)
Stackoverflow “what IDE to use for python” (Various, 2009-01-01)
Ask Slashdot: Best Cross-Platform, GUI Editor/IDE For Python? (Various, 2008-09-16)
Wing IDE Professional 3.1.1: An IDE for Python (Dr. Dobb’s Journal, June 9, 2008)
September 2005 Review of 6 Python IDEs (PyDev, Eric3, Boa, BlackAdder, Komodo, Wing) and the February 2006 follow-up review of 4 (PyDev, SPE, Komodo, Wing)
What is the best Python IDE? Opinionated tutorial chapter about using VS Code for Python development (Python.land, 2021)

See also Wikipedia’s list of Python IDEs and ShowMeDo videos for Wing 3 Professional, Python Development With SPE, Eclipse PyDev and IPython (see site page for updated information).

IDEs with introspection-based code completion and integrated debugger¶

IDEs with introspection-based code completion /or/ integrated debugger¶

IDEs with integrated GUI builder¶

Editors¶

Take a look at PythonEditors if you prefer something lightweight. IDEs that don’t integrate anything Python-specific are also listed at PythonEditors#Glorified_Editors.

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