Perfect Python IDE
 

Well, I think there is most likely not a perfect IDE for everyone. Sort of like the beauty of a girl, car or city. Anyway, what editor or IDE are you using, and what are your reasons you prefer that particular program?

For my purposes DrPython fits the bill. It is small, fast, not too crowded, and has nice options and plugins. It also can be configured for font and color. I like the output window, the shell window, the help window, the code completion and the indentation helper.

It is written using the wxPython GUI, can be used on Linux and is particularly strong on Windows. The source code is all there to learn from, if you are so inclined.

IDE? Text editors!

I use the supplied IDE from Python.

Same here I just use IDLE for the most part.. But at times I like to use the tabbed code editor that comes with pythoncard.

I've used IDLE so far but I might check out DrPython or any other editors suggested because I really do not like IDLE. Like how it doesn't run seperately from the debugger, so if you happen to have a bug that freezes or crashes or program it kills your editor too. And it doesn't completely exit the program.
Oh, and one of the biggies, there is no horizontal scroll bar. Since god forbid I mess up some white space by putting commands on multiple lines, a horizontal scroll bar would be a very very helpful addition

.. i'm not bitter.. no..

I'd use other text editors if they were reliable to handle the tabs and whitespace issues.

Ive been messing around with that DrPython editor since I seen this post yesterday, it is pretty nice I think this will become my new favorite editor for python. Its the nicest Ive seen so far.

Did any of you try PyScripter? It looks pretty good

Well, an IDE to me is a step up from a text editor, as you can at least test run your code right from the editor.

Some IDEs get pretty fancy, like the Boa Constructor, where you can drag and drop your wxWindow components visibly on a frame. That is along the line of Delphi and Visual languages like C#. Too much candy, I can live without it!

If you want an IDE that is just code editing and debugging you can try Pydev with Eclipse which I use and its works fine. You can also try Eric which is QT based and is said to be quite good.

Wow.. That Eric Ide is way too much for me.. So much I would never use that would just take up screen space..