Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit3.readnews.com!panix!not-for-mail From: Grant Edwards Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: New to python, do I need an IDE or is vim still good enough? Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 18:50:53 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl.comtrol.com X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1356807053 15412 64.122.56.22 (29 Dec 2012 18:50:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 18:50:53 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/pre1.0.0-18 (Linux) Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:35764 On 2012-12-27, mogul wrote: > I'm new to python, got 10-20 years perl and C experience, all gained > on unix alike machines hacking happily in vi, and later on in vim. > > Now it's python, and currently mainly on my kubuntu desktop. > > Do I really need a real IDE, as the windows guys around me say I do, No. > or will vim, git, make and other standalone tools make it the next 20 > years too for me? I've been writing Python programs for 10-12 years, and I use the same "IDE" I use for everything else: Emacs, svn/git/whatever and a command line. I do use the "meld" visual diff program quite a bit... -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! As President I have at to go vacuum my coin gmail.com collection!