[Tutor] Python Idle Crashing

[Prasad, Ramit]

Forwarding to the list as I believe the reply was mistakenly sent only to me.

Marc Tompkins wrote:
> On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 11:08 AM, Prasad, Ramit <ramit.prasad at jpmorgan.com> wrote:
> bob gailer wrote:
> >
> > On 5/16/2013 8:49 PM, Alan Gauld wrote:
> > > don't run programs on real data using IDLE. IDLE is for developing
> > > programs not running them.
> >
> > That is really scary. Why do you say that? The IDLE documentation does
> > NOT say that!
> 
> Python is a GREAT learning language, but it's also a tool for Getting Stuff Done in the Real World.
> When you send your programs out into the wide world, it makes a really poor impression if you have to
> instruct your users to open an IDE first, load your script, and then press F5.  So at the very least,
> you should get into the habit of making your scripts work outside of IDLE, or whatever IDE you
> prefer.  (If nobody but you will ever run your stuff, I suppose this doesn't matter so much - but in
> that case, what Alan said about 'real data' doesn't apply either.)
> In addition, I find that the Tk-ness of IDLE interferes with any other GUI library you might prefer -
> I use wxPython, and while IDLE is great for quickly diagnosing the sorts of errors that prevent my
> programs from putting anything on the screen to begin with, it gets very crashy once wx gets
> initialized.  IDLE is a bit like the prize in CrackerJack - it's a nice extra, but it certainly
> shouldn't be the reason you bought the box!



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