[Tutor] free IDE for Python?

[wesley chun]

> A newbie to Python. What is the free IDE for Python development activities?
> ActiveState's Komodo IDE needs a license and a fee.

lifting this list straight out of Core Python (and removing the
commercial ones):

Open Source
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IDLE (comes with Python distribution)
    http://www.python.org/idle/
Stani's Python Editor (wxWindows-based)
    http://pythonide.stani.be/
PythonWin + Win32 Extensions
    http://starship.python.net/crew/skippy/win32/
IDE Studio (IDLE+more)
    http://starship.python.net/crew/mike/Idle/
Eclipse
    http://pydev.sourceforge.net
    http://www.eclipse.org/

General overall IDE list
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    http://wiki.python.org/moin/IntegratedDevelopmentEnvironments

of course, this is all in addition to vi(m) and emacs.  :-)

good luck!
-- wesley
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