[Pdxpw-staff] notes on editor choice

[Barbara Shaurette]

It's a real shame we can't just use vi - it would give new users a
taste of working from the command line, and it's so simple, does only
what you need for writing code and nothing more.  But I agree, it's
outside the scope of teaching an intro to Python.

I do like Sublime Text 2, but I've had problems with a memory leak and
excessive CPU usage if I leave it open and idle for too long.  I don't
think that was fixed in their June release, but I've seen it mentioned
a few times on their forums.  Maybe that's not an issue for the short
amount of time we'd be using it in a tutorial setting, though?  (Fwiw,
I've been using TextWrangler more and more lately - it is, however,
only available for OS X).


On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Selena Deckelmann <selena at chesnok.com> wrote:
> Re: licensing costs -- this is the type of thing that we could
> fundraise for, IMO. Given that we're also engaging in a non-profit
> endeavor, with some careful maneuvering I'll bet that we could get a
> substantial discount for a "site license" for the tool.
>
> I know one issue in the past has been a desire for using FOSS tools.
> But our use of CodingBat sort of throws all that out the window, IMO.
>
> Let's use the best tool for the job! :)
>
> -selena
>
> On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 10:42 AM, Emily Strickland <emily at zubon.org> wrote:
>> I was just reading this post and the comments espousing IDLE. I hope it's
>> fine if I continue the discussion in this thread among us staffers.
>>
>> I hate IDLE. I cannot imagine any dev candidate where I work saying they use
>> or ever used IDLE. Probably the reason for my especial hate was, when my
>> friend Shawna was picking up Python, IDLE threw her for a loop. It has a
>> quite unintuitive interface. I had to actually show her (in a menu) how to
>> get to an editor rather than an interactive console.
>>
>> I feel Sublime Text 2 is the best bet. Yes, it costs, but it seriously
>> *only* nags occasionally, in perpetuity (I still haven't paid for it), and
>> it's amazing and a respectable, beautiful tool that works identically
>> cross-platform.
>>
>> I'd be interested in hearing reasons we shouldn't recommend this awesome
>> tool. It comes even with the cachet of being used by *real devs*. We're not
>> just suggesting a text editor in recommending Sublime; we're passing along a
>> part of dev culture.
>>
>> On Thursday, 5 July 2012 at 21:07 , Kevin Turner wrote:
>>
>> I wrote down some of our concerns about Python editors, and some
>> evaluation of the options available: http://goo.gl/SQ6Hk
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