Hi, We're pleased to announce the first public beta release of Wing IDE 101, a free scaled back edition of Wing IDE that was designed for teaching introductory programming courses. We are releasing Wing IDE 101 to the general public in the hopes that it may help others teach with or learn Python. Wingware also offers educational pricing for Wing IDE Professional, including steep discounts for class room use. If you are interested in teaching Python with Wing IDE, please email support@wingware.com for more information. Key features of Wing IDE 101 include: * Powerful Editor -- Syntax highlighting, goto-definition, navigation menus, error indicators, auto-indent, and keyboard emulation for Visual Studio, VI/Vim, Emacs, and Brief. * Python Shell -- Evaluate files and selections in the integrated Python shell. * Graphical Debugger -- Set breakpoints and view stack and program data. Note that Wing IDE 101 omits auto-completion and most other code intelligence features found in the other Wing IDE products. This was by design, so that students are more conscious of the details of the language and the modules that they are learning about. Wing IDE 101 is available on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. It is free for all non-commercial uses and does not require a license code to run. Wing 101 is not, however, open source. The current release is 3.0 beta1 and is available here: http://wingware.com/downloads/wingide-101 General information for beta testers is here: http://wingware.com/wingide/beta More details on Wing 101's features are here: http://wingware.com/wingide-101 http://wingware.com/wingide/features Please direct bug reports and suggestions to support@wingware.com. Thanks! The Wingware Team Wingware | Python IDE Advancing Software Development www.wingware.com