It
happens, sometimes,
that I download a “new” programming language or a framework or
library in order to give it a try. Of course the word “new” is
relative to my personal or professional experience, mostly orbiting
around the Java galaxy. This time the “new” programming language
is Python. Python is, of
course, a widely used and far from being a new programming language
but I never had the thought of giving it a try before.
Python on
Eclipse: PyDev
I'm
willing to learn new languages but I'm not so eager to install and
use a new IDE while doing it. I so went looking for a Python
development Eclipse plug-in and
the choice fell on PyDev.
Installing PyDev on Eclipse has been quite simple, just matter of
selecting it on Eclipse
Market Place and completing the installation wizard.
Before
creating the first project PyDev plug-in needs to know where python
interpreter is. There is a handy automatic search feature but I
preferred the manual configuration in order to have more meaningful
configuration names.
As
the interpreter configuration has been done I only had to create a
new PyDev Python project
then creating a new
Python module
and writing some
code (yes I know just another hello-world)
Python on
Netbeans
While
I use Eclipse on my desktop computer I still prefer Netbeans
for programming on the small-screen-small-keyboard EEEPC900.
Installing Python plug-ins on
Netbeans might be e little more old-fashioned than with Eclipse but
it is well
documented and not difficult at all. I downloaded the plug-ins
zip archive from here
and extracted its content in a directory, then from Netbeans plug-ins
setup window I selected the extracted files and started the
installation wizard
After
the usual “Next”, “Agree” buttons the plug-in installation
wizard completed. Here too the Python interpreter path has to be
configured in the Python Platform Manager window.
Once
the Python platform has been set-up I've been ready to create my
first Python project
and
start coding in Python on the EEEPC too.
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