[Idle-dev] The Future of Python

[Terry Reedy]

On 2/10/2014 5:05 AM, Paul Barry wrote:
> I used IDLE extensively in the first edition of "Head First Python". For
> the second edition (which is now very, very late - but that's another
> story), I took the time to take a look at a bunch of other Python IDEs
> and, after working with a lot of them, have ended up coming back to IDLE
> (and have continued to use it in the second edition of my book).  IDLE
> has recently received some development love (helped, I think, by all the
> activity around 3.4), which has improved some of its stability and usage
> issues, and it is still the best tool (IMHO) when introducing students
> to Python for the first time.
>
> Those who continue the labor of love which helps to improve IDLE are to
> be commended.  The Python world would be a much poorer place if IDLE
> wasn't part of it.

Thank you Paul, and others who have given positive feedback on Idle in 
this thread. The negativity about Idle has previously been louder than 
such positive feedback and a bit dispiriting. It is helpful to know that 
someone besides me benefits from the improvements I make.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy