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

[David Rock]

* Alan Gauld <alan.gauld at btinternet.com> [2016-03-03 11:02]:
> On 03/03/16 09:31, Thomas C. Hicks wrote:
> > On 03/03/2016 02:26 AM, Lisa Hasler Waters wrote:
> >> Could you please recommend the best Python tools for writing and running
> >> our code for the long term? Also, we are hoping to find free tools!
> >>
> > Most people on this list are a lot smarter than me so there are probably 
> > good reasons for it but I have used Ipython (now Jupyter) for teaching 
> > my kids programming in middle and high school.
> 
> IPython is great as an interactive environment but the OP
> specifically mentioned writing longer programs and editing
> files which is not what IPython does best. I suspect that's
> why it didn't get a mention earlier.

Very likely, but it's definitely worth mentioning as a runtime environment.
It's a big step above the basic built-in CLI

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David Rock
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