Question

I have been reading through this wonderful website regarding the recommended Python IDEs and have narrowed it down to either

1. WingIDE

2. KomodoIDE

which you guys will recommend for the purpose of developing Pylons apps? I know that most questions have been asked pertaining to Python IDEs but how about Python web framework IDEs which is a mishmash of various templating languages and Python itself.

One con i have to raise about WingIDE on Windows is that it has an AWFUL interface (probably cos of the GTK+ toolkit?)

I have been using e-text editor all the while and increasingly been dissatisfied with it especially when its unable to do correct syntax highlighting at times. Furthermore I am hoping syntax coloration can be done for Mako templates.

Thank you very much all and have a great day!

Answer 1

after very very careful comparison, KomodoIDE 5.1 is most suitable for my purposes.

Reasons:

1. Extensibility

2. Support for Mako and YUI (required by me)

3. Native interface support (no GTK unfamiliarity)

4. Support for Mercurial SCM (required by me)

thats all I guess. I am extremely satisfied with KomodoIDE and have just shelled out some money to buy it.

I figured when making a choice of tools, spend a day or two (yes, it takes time) trying them out and choosing what best suits your day-to-day purposes. If its just your first time coding, using a standard free tool or open source tool is far more useful than expending the time to find out the best tool.

Only after some degree of expertise is acquired, you have a very narrow spectrum of requirements/preferences which will make choosing a tool far easier.