IDLE (Python)
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| developer | Guido van Rossum |
| Publishing year | 2002 |
| Current version |
3.7.3 ( March 25, 2019 ) |
| operating system | platform independent |
| programming language | python |
| category | IDE |
| License | Python Software Foundation License |
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IDLE , short for "Integrated Development and Learning Environment", is the lightweight integrated development environment ( IDE ) that has been added to the installer for the Python programming language since 1998 . It is written entirely in Python and the Tkinter GUI toolkit, a wrapper for Tcl / Tk .
IDLE is intended as a simple IDE and is suitable for beginners, including in the educational environment. For this purpose, it is cross-platform and avoids overloading with complicated functionalities.
The main functions are:
- Cross-platform: works largely identically under Windows , Unix and macOS .
- Python shell window (interactive interpreter ) with coloring of code inputs, outputs and error messages.
- Multi-window text editor with multiple undo , automatic indentation and coloring of the source code, autocomplete and other functions.
- Search in any window, replace in editor windows, and search multiple files.
- Debugger with persistent en breakpoints , stepping and display of global and local namespaces.
- several dialog boxes for various functions and configurations.
IDLE has been referred to as a “one-way” IDE because experienced users will often switch to a more advanced IDE.
Since Guido van Rossum , the inventor of the Python language, named the programming language to honor the British comedy group Monty Python , the name IDLE was also likely chosen to honor Eric Idle , one of the founding members of Monty Python.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ blog.python.org . March 25, 2019.
- ↑ HISTORY.txt. In: github, The Python programming language. Python, January 12, 2019, accessed January 12, 2019 .
- ↑ IDLE Python 3.7.2 documentation. Retrieved January 12, 2019 .