What s a good IDE for Python on Mac OS X

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I m about to start a new job where the coding practices are heavily centered around TDD and refactoring  and whose primary development language is Python   I come from the Java world  and have been a confident user of Eclipse for a good  long time   When not working in Java  I use emacs   I m looking for an IDE for Python that will give me a lot of the capabilities I ve grown used to with Eclipse  not only for refactoring but in terms of code completion  project management  SCM integration  currently CVS  but likely to switch to git one of these days  et al   What IDE should I use

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My 2 pennies  check out PyCharm http   www jetbrains com pycharm    also multi-platform

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I ve used WingIDE and have been very happy   Intellisense is pretty good  some other things are a bit wacky but overall it s a very productive tool

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TextMate or Panic s Coda  NetBeans works very well  if you want a full-blown kitchen sink IDE

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I use TextMate for all my Python programming needs  It s not an IDE per se  but it does a lot of stuff that an IDE does  without all the cruft of an IDE   It has syntax highlighting  code folding  integration with various SCMs through the use of additional bundles  I know it supports SVN  Git  Mercurial  Darcs  and probably a few others   It s also quite extensible and customizable  again  through the use of bundles   It also has a basic concept of projects  One place where it doesn t shine  though  is in code completion  some bundles have limited support for code completion  but it s generally not as amazing as that of most language-specific IDEs  Given how awesome TextMate is  though  I don t know sacrificing that  TextMate s definitely made me much more productive

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I really enjoy using PyCharm  http   www jetbrains com pycharm

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Pydev for Eclipse  as others have mentioned  is good   Netbeans has a beta Python plugin that is a little rough around the edges  but could turn into something really cool   Additionally there is a long list of programming centric text editors for the mac  that may or may not fit your needs    Textmate - costs money  people love this program  but I haven t used it enough to see what all the fuss is about  Jedit - Java based text editor  has some nice features  but the startup time isn t great  due to Java   CarbonEmacs - Decent Emacs port  AquaEmacs - Better Emacs port  TextWrangler - Lite  free  as in beer  verision of BBEdit  BBEdit - The old guard  The defacto editor before Textmate stole its limelight  Expensive  Smultron - Very nice editor  the UI is similar to Textmate  Idle - Python s own little editor  has some nice features  but also some major problems  I ve personally found it too unstable for my usage  Sublime Text - This is really sweet text editor that has some surprisingly good Python support  Pycharm - Another solid full on IDE for Python

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I like Spyder  it has many tools  such as profiling  intelligent indentation helper and a good autocompletion support  https   code google com p spyderlib

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I ve been using an Evaluation copy of Sublime Text  What s good is it doesn t really expire    It s been good so far and was really easy to get started with

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I may be a little late for this  but I would recommend Aptana Studio 3 x   Its a based on eclipse and has everything ready-to-go for python  It has very good support for DJango  HTML5 and JQuery  For me its a perfect web-development tool  I do HTML5 and Android development too  this way I do not need to keep switching different IDE s  It my all-in-one solution    Note  you need a good amount of RAM for this to be snazzy    4  GB is awesome

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I usually use either komodo edit or aquamacs with ropemacs   Although I should warn you  IDE features won t be what you re used to if you re coming from a Java or C  background   I personally find that powerful IDEs get in my way more than they help   UPDATE   I should also point out that if you have the money Komodo IDE is worth it   It s the paid version of Komodo Edit

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Have tried many different  Kate  Eclipse  Scite  Vim  Komodo   each one have some glitches  either limited functions  or slow and unresponsive  Final choice after many years  Emacs   ropemacs   flymake  Rope project file open dialog is extremely quick  Rope refactoring and code assist functions are super helpful  Flymake shows syntax mistakes  Emacs is the most configurable editor  I am very happy with this config   Python related part of config is here  public halogen-dg com browser alex-emacs-settings configs cfg python el

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since you are familiar with Eclipse maybe you are interested in Pydev

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Python support on netbeans is surprisingly good  and comes with most of the features you re looking for

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Visual Studio Code   Official Python Plugin  Here you see an overview of its current Python features   https   code visualstudio com docs languages python  Chocolat  http   chocolatapp com  It s lightweight and offers Code Completion  Costs money   EDIT  Apparently Chocolat was an interesting option in 2013 but since then many others came up and development stalled  Nowadays I recommend Visual Studio Code   Python Plugin

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If you have a budget for your IDE  you should give Wingware Professional a try  see wingware com

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Eclipse with Pydev works best for me on any platform

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If you are looking for an interactive environment and not needing to code modules  I would suggest IPython   Though this is developed with scientists statisticians in mind  it will run just as well without any of the scientific packages installed   The features are powerful  with code completion  integrated help  integrated debugging  etc   and it functions as a notebook with Markdown and MathJax integration   By far the best choice for those that need powerful features without wishing to load megabytes of GUI into RAM--since it is browser based  it is used in your always loaded chrome safari instance   -

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Eclipse PyDev plugin   http   pydev sourceforge net

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macvim   pyflakes vim

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I ve searched on Google for an app like this for a while  and I ve found only options with heavy and ugly interfaces   Then I opened Mac App Store and found CodeRunner  Very nice and clean interface  Support many languages like Python  Lua  Perl  Ruby  Javascript  etc  The price is U 10  but it s worth it

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Which editor IDE for       is a longstanding way to start a  My dog is too prettier than yours   slapfest  Nowadays most editors from vim upwards can be used  there are multiple good alternatives  and even IDEs that started as C or Java tools work pretty well with Python and other dynamic languages   That said  having tried a bunch of IDEs  Eclipse  NetBeans  XCode  Komodo  PyCharm        I am a fan of ActiveState s Komodo IDE  I use it on Mac OS X primarily  though I ve used it for years on Windows as well  The one license follows you to any platform    Komodo is well-integrated with popular ActiveState builds of the languages themselves  esp  for Windows   works well with the fabulous  and Pythonic  Mercurial change management system  among others   and has good-to-excellent abilities for core tasks like code editing  syntax coloring  code completion  real-time syntax checking  and visual debugging  It is a little weak when it comes to pre-integrated refactoring and code-check tools  e g  rope  pylint   but it is extensible and has a good facility for integrating external and custom tools   Some of the things I like about Komodo go beyond the write-run-debug loop  ActiveState has long supported the development community  e g  with free language builds  package repositories  a recipes site        since before dynamic languages were the trend  The base Komodo Edit editor is free and open source  an extension of Mozilla s Firefox technologies  And Komodo is multi-lingual  I never end up doing just Python  just Perl  or just whatever  Komodo works with the core language  Python  Perl  Ruby  PHP  JavaScript  alongside supporting languages  XML  XSLT  SQL  X HTML  CSS   non-dynamic languages  Java  C  etc    and helpers  Makefiles  INI and config files  shell scripts  custom little languages  etc   Others can do that too  but Komodo puts them all in once place  ready to go  It s a Swiss Army Knife for dynamic languages   This is contra PyCharm  e g   which is great itself  but I d need like a half-dozen of JetBrains  individual IDEs to cover all the things I do    Komodo IDE is by no means perfect  and editors IDEs are the ultimate YMMV choice  But I am regularly delighted to use it  and every year I re-up my support subscription quite happily  Indeed  I just remembered  That s coming up this month  Credit card  Out  I have no commercial connection to ActiveState--just a happy customer

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You might want to look into Eclim  an Eclipse server that allows you to use Eclipse functionality from within your favorite text editor  For python-related functionality  it uses Rope  PyFlakes  and PyLint under the hood

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