[Pythonmac-SIG] Mac User Python Newbies

[Chris Barker]

Troy Rollins wrote:
> I think that what the new user really want, more than
> "free", is something which provides a "raodmap to being productive."

I've lost track, have you tried any of the proprietary tools? (Wing, 
etc.). I know I haven't.

> but the whole project? It is just too big, with too many lines of code
> for me to manage with a text editor and the terminal.

I'm confused here. People have been managing big coding projects with an 
editor and a command line for ages. More to the point, many folks still 
do it, even when they have the option of a nifty GUI IDE. In fact, one 
thing I realized when working with Windows and the old MacOS, was that 
one reason that you needed an IDE so badly on those systems, and not so 
much on Unix, was that in a way, Unix IS an IDE. I still find grep 
easier to use than any "find in files" feature in an editor or IDE, for 
example.

>  If
> all those options didn't exist, people like me would spend the first
> several months trying to find something which works like the (payware)
> tools we are accustomed to.

Did you mean "would NOT spend the ...."?

Off to get some real work done.....

-Chris


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