[Tutor] Recommendations for best tool to write/run Python

[Matt Williams]

Can someone recommend an open-source editor for all 3 platforms?

M

On Wed, 2 Mar 2016 21:37 Ben Finney, <ben+python at benfinney.id.au> wrote:

> Ben Finney <ben+python at benfinney.id.au> writes:
>
> > Short of [the heavyweights Vim and Emacs], I'd still recommend a
> > community-owned, free-software, highly flexible programmer's editor.
> > If you're on GNU+Linux, use the Kate or GEdit editors; they integrate
> > very nicely with the default desktop environment and are
> > well-maintained broadly applicable text editors. GEdit in particular
> > has good Python support.
>
> In particular, when teaching students, please steer them away from
> proprietary software, regardless of price.
>
> Non-free software such as Sublime Text, PyCharms, Wing IDE, and the
> like, sometimes have a zero-dollar license, but your students should not
> be encouraged to use tools they are forbidden to learn about and share.
>
> In education, please use free-software tools – that is, software with
> license to inspect, modify, and share the changes – so your students can
> learn at any level their interest takes them.
>
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