- IDLE (Python)
Infobox Software
name = IDLE
caption = IDLE in action under Windows: text editor with syntax highlight and interactive shell
developer =
latest_release_version = 1.2.2
latest_release_date =21 February 2008
operating_system =Cross-platform
genre =Integrated development environment
license =
website = http://www.python.org/idleIDLE is an Integrated DeveLopment Environment for Python, which is bundled in each release of the programming tool since 2.3. It is completely written in Python and the
Tkinter GUI toolkit (wrapper functions forTcl /Tk).According to the included README, its main features are:
* Multi-window text editor withsyntax highlighting , autocompletion, smart indent and other.
* Python shell with syntax highlighting.
* Integrated debugger with stepping, persistent breakpoints, and call stack visibility.Python is named after the British comedy group
Monty Python . Therefore, the name IDLE can be seen as an allusion toEric Idle , one of the group’s founding members. See also theEric Python IDE , which could be such an allusion, too.
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