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IDLE

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Default IDE which come installed with the Python programming language. It aims to be simple and intuitive, and is especially useful for programmers just learning Python. The editor has syntax highlighting, search features, class browsers, and runs Python scripts in a separate...

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  • Developed by

    NL flagGuido van Rossum
  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.
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    • English

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Our users have written 3 comments and reviews about IDLE, and it has gotten 40 likes

IDLE was added to AlternativeTo by ki4jgt on Mar 12, 2011 and this page was last updated Jun 17, 2019.

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Thelle Christensen
Jun 22, 2011
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This software is not a duplicate after all, as I earlier claimed! But IDLE is bundled with Python... For more see the discussion page: http://alternativeto.net/discussions/about-alternativeto/27/a-duplicate-software-pdfsam--pdf-split-and-merge

thelivingded
Mar 16, 2011
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Agree with Thelle, IDLE is part of python. This should be deleted.

Thelle Christensen
Mar 15, 2011
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This is a copy of Python (http://alternativeto.net/software/python/) and should be deleted...

What is IDLE?

Default IDE which come installed with the Python programming language. It aims to be simple and intuitive, and is especially useful for programmers just learning Python. The editor has syntax highlighting, search features, class browsers, and runs Python scripts in a separate, protected process.