Sunday, September 28, 2008

Red - Developing in Python

For various reasons, I've decided to undertake a project using Python as the primary language.  I'm going in fairly cold, with plenty of experience in other areas, but none in Python.  My first thought was to develop with IronPython, since I'm steeped in Microsoft developer technologies.  (IronPython is a Microsoft Common Language Runtime implementation of Python).

However, I found myself falling back too much on the things I know, and one of the goals of my project is to branch out into things I don't know.  No use in doing it, if I'm using a new language to do the same things I'm doing now. So, I'm going whole hog.  There are plenty of development tools for Python, so I looked at some overviews and comparisons:

http://spyced.blogspot.com/2008/05/ide-update.html
http://wiki.python.org/moin/IntegratedDevelopmentEnvironments

…etc.

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