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Any recommendations on a lightweight Python IDE?

N2ITN2IT Inactive Imported Users Posts: 7,483 ■■■■■■■■■■
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I am running SUSE on a VM and wanted to install a lightweight IDE on the box for a Python class I have coming up. (Yes Coursera is addictive)!
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    ptilsenptilsen Member Posts: 2,835 ■■■■■■■■■■
    I am using Eclipse across languages more and more, but I wouldn't call it lightweight. I would probably just use Emacs if I didn't want to deal with Eclipse. Maybe someone who does more Python on Linux will have a better answer, however.
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    N2ITN2IT Inactive Imported Users Posts: 7,483 ■■■■■■■■■■
    I want to steer clear of Eclipse, it's not lightweight at all. I am taking a beginner programming (Python) class and just want the bare minimum for now. Thanks PT for the follow up.
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    YFZbluYFZblu Member Posts: 1,462 ■■■■■■■■□□
    IDLE comes bundled with Python. I've been using it on a Raspberry Pi with no issues. Not many features but it gets the job done.
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    WhiteoutWhiteout Member Posts: 248
    Notepad++

    Works great for me. You can set up a shortcut so you can run your code directly from Notepad++ as well, which is nice. Debugging is rather lacking compared to IDLE.
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    ptilsenptilsen Member Posts: 2,835 ■■■■■■■■■■
    I'm a fan of Notepad++, but it's a Windows program.
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    wes allenwes allen Member Posts: 540 ■■■■■□□□□□
    Whiteout wrote: »
    Notepad++
    This. Or, a couple of my programer friends swear by Sublime Text: The text editor you'll fall in love with I use vim or gedit on linux, both give you some color coding and help make sure your basic syntax is correct. Many of the classes/sites on python recommend not using an IDE.
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    WhiteoutWhiteout Member Posts: 248
    ptilsen wrote: »
    I'm a fan of Notepad++, but it's a Windows program.
    Opps, guess I should of read the original post a little better. Still could run it in using Wine. I have never done so, but I would assume that it works.
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    ptilsenptilsen Member Posts: 2,835 ■■■■■■■■■■
    He's using SUSE as a VM which I feel safe in assuming is running on a Windows host. Using WINE in his Linux VM on his Windows computer just to use Notepad++ would be silly at best.

    Google tells of many Python-specific IDEs, but my theory is that as long as you're learning Linux and Python at once, you might as well learn Emacs.
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    wes allenwes allen Member Posts: 540 ■■■■■□□□□□
    You can edit on windows and save, copy/paste to VM pretty easy as well, rather then wine. Gedit isn't to bad if you want a GUI on Linux, or just kick it old school with vim. Sublime looks pretty cool to, so I will be checking that out as well - it runs on windows/mac/linux.
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    KrekenKreken Member Posts: 284
    wes allen wrote: »
    This. Or, a couple of my programer friends swear by Sublime Text: The text editor you'll fall in love with I use vim or gedit on linux, both give you some color coding and help make sure your basic syntax is correct. Many of the classes/sites on python recommend not using an IDE.

    I second Sublime recommendation.
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    WhiteoutWhiteout Member Posts: 248
    ptilsen wrote: »
    He's using SUSE as a VM which I feel safe in assuming is running on a Windows host. Using WINE in his Linux VM on his Windows computer just to use Notepad++ would be silly at best.

    Google tells of many Python-specific IDEs, but my theory is that as long as you're learning Linux and Python at once, you might as well learn Emacs.

    Silly yes, but also fun =) How deep can you go? Run a windows virtual machine inside of your virtual machine so you can run Notepad++... Muhaahahaha
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    ptilsenptilsen Member Posts: 2,835 ■■■■■■■■■■
    RDP from the nested virtual Windows machine to the host Windows machine. Basically, divide by zero.
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    RobertKaucherRobertKaucher Member Posts: 4,299 ■■■■■■■■■■
    ptilsen wrote: »
    RDP from the nested virtual Windows machine to the host Windows machine. Basically, divide by zero.

    That is... I mean... I so want to do that now.

    Kreken wrote: »
    I second Sublime recommendation.


    And I will third Sublime. I do a ton of JavaScript and I use Sublime pretty extensively due to how light it is. But you just can't beat VisualStudio for intellisense.
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    ExpectExpect Member Posts: 252 ■■■■□□□□□□
    I use vim & gedit in Linux, for windows it's notepad++ and I Do python/perl/bash all together.
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    ExpectExpect Member Posts: 252 ■■■■□□□□□□
    you can try Geany as well.
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    N2ITN2IT Inactive Imported Users Posts: 7,483 ■■■■■■■■■■
    Thanks for all the great information. The course I am taking is providing an IDE once the class starts, but I wanted to try doing some development on my own (outside of class).
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    hazizhaziz Member Posts: 21 ■□□□□□□□□□
    Emacs, of course!
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    W StewartW Stewart Member Posts: 794 ■■■■□□□□□□
    vim with syntax highlighting is all you need. It'll even point out your opening and closing braces for you. It just won't auto-complete or provide suggestions.
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    clodclod Registered Users Posts: 1 ■□□□□□□□□□
    I like Codelobster very much: CodeLobster. It is lightweight and easy-to-use free editor.
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    phoeneousphoeneous Member Posts: 2,333 ■■■■■■■□□□
    I know this is a few months old but I've been using Pyscripter and really like it.

    https://code.google.com/p/pyscripter/
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    ally_ukally_uk Member Posts: 1,145 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Vim or if I need to test code interactively I use Canopy both seem to do the job ok :)
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    N2ITN2IT Inactive Imported Users Posts: 7,483 ■■■■■■■■■■
    Anyone use the Python25 exe for the IDE? Just wondering.
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    wes allenwes allen Member Posts: 540 ■■■■■□□□□□
    wes allen wrote: »
    Sublime looks pretty cool to, so I will be checking that out as well - it runs on windows/mac/linux.

    I have been using sublime for almost a year now, and it is great. Not just for python, but all other languages I have been working with, along with yaml/config files as well. Even use it for general note taking. Fast, tabbed, and powerful = well worth the price.
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    Disas_mainDisas_main Member Posts: 35 ■■□□□□□□□□
    I like PyCharm, there's free version of it it's multi-platform. I had never use something else (only nano a few times) to program on Python.
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    ShdwmageShdwmage Member Posts: 374
    I use NetBeans for most of my coding, I don't know how "light-weight" it is though.
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