[Pythonmac-SIG] Mac User Python Newbies

[Kevin Dangoor]

Bob Ippolito wrote:

>
> On Feb 14, 2005, at 12:09 PM, has wrote:
>
>> My preferred IDE architecture would be built on a completely 
>> component-oriented architecture. That way it can ship with the 
>> minimal components required to get started, and users can add, 
>> upgrade and remove components as and when they need them. For 
>> example, a new user needs everything visible so they can see what's 
>> available; an experience one may prefer everything driven by 
>> memorised keyboard combinations so they can devote screen estate to 
>> more important things like their code instead of floating palettes, 
>> on-screen help, etc.
>
>
> I think Eclipse is intended to be like this -- though I can't say I 
> have real experience using it.

Yes indeed. Since I just arrived back on planet python from javaland a 
couple of months back, I used Eclipse quite extensively. Eclipse has a 
tiny core and everything else is a plugin. IBM's WebSphere Application 
Developer package, I've gathered, consists of more than 500 plugins. Of 
course, the drawback to Eclipse is that it's Java. Whenever I would do 
some of my development on my Mac, I always found it to be a bit 
sluggish. I don't know if it's sluggish because of the plugins, or if 
it's sluggish because of the SWT gui toolkit.

Lately, I've been using JEdit (which is also Java, but I haven't found 
it to be sluggish).

Kevin