Wing IDE 2.1: Advanced Software Development Environment for Python

July 11, 2006; 03:50 AM

Wingware announced the release of version 2.1 of Wing IDE for Python, its popular development environment for the Python programming language.

Wing IDE provides powerful debugging, editing, code intelligence, and search capabilities that reduce development and debugging time, cut down on coding errors, and make it easier to understand and navigate Python code.

Highlights of the Wing IDE 2.1 release include:

• Visual Studio, VI/Vim, and Brief key bindings
• Subversion and Perforce support
• Improved performance on Windows
• Redesigned and improved search tools
• Named bookmarks
• Breakpoint manager and call stack as list
• Evaluate file or selection in Python Shell
• Support for Intel Macs

Wing IDE is a software development environment for Python that focuses on boosting programmer productivity and software maintainability.

Key features of Wing IDE include:

• Module and class-oriented code browser
• Goto-definition, auto-completion, call tips, and source indexing
• Powerful code editor with syntax highlighting, error indicators, structural folding, auto-indentation, emacs emulation, named bookmarks and much more
• Interactive graphical and command line debugging tools
• Web development with Zope, Plone, CGI, Apache mod_python and other tools
• Extensive support libraries for XML, Web services, and easy access to a range of internet protocols
• Portable GUI development with PyQt, wxPython, Tkinter, and PyGtk
• Game development with pygame
• Ability to debug remote processes and embedded application scripts
• Multi-file wildcard and regular expression search and replace
• Software project manager
• Code templates/snippets
• Interactive Python command shell
• Many customization options
• English and German localization and unicode support
• Extensible with Python scripts
• CVS, Subversion, and Perforce integration
• Access to product source code
• Emacs, vi, visual studio, and brief editor modes

Wing IDE runs on Windows 2000 and later, recent Intel Linux systems, and OS X 10.3.9 or later (with X11 installed). Solaris, *BSD, and other Posix platforms are supported for customers willing to compile the product from source code (requires a non-disclosure agreement).

A single-user license for Wing IDE costs $179 US (Professional edition) and $35 US (Personal edition). Wing IDE Personal omits some of the features listed above and is for non-commercial use only. The software is obtained by download but optional CD media is available within the USA for an additional $30. Each license includes free website and email support, and free minor release upgrades. Volume discounts and paid support packages are also available.

A free trial, additional information, and online store are available at http://www.wingware.com

Wing IDE for Python. 

About Python

Python is a powerful object oriented programming language that is developed and maintained by a global community of Open Source contributors, under the oversight of the Python Software Foundation. Python's unique blend of simplicity and power excels in a wide range of software development tasks, including the construction of web applications, complex integrated business solutions, and large desktop applications. Python is often characterized as an agile language that promotes speedy development and includes a unit-testing framework for building more robust applications.

Python is a compelling alternative to proprietary development platforms based on Java, C#, and other languages. Powerful web development platforms such as Zope, Plone, Webware, and Quixote; GUI development toolkits wxPython, PyGTK, and PyQT, and extensive support for internet services development and integration make Python an excellent broad-based development platform.

Companies using Python include Google, Microsoft, Industrial Light & Magic, The New York Stock Exchange, RealNetworks, Philips, Hewlett Packard, Rackspace, RedHat, NASA, Disney, and AstraZeneca.

Key features of Python include:

• Object orientation, modular name spaces, exceptions, and multi-threading
• High-level dynamic data typing and very late binding
• Tight integration with C, C++, and Java modules
• May be compiled to Java byte code for use in any JVM
• String and regular expression processing
• Extensive XML and web services support
• HTTP, FTP, SMTP, POP, IMAP, NNTP, telnet, and other IP protocols
• HTML, MIME, base64, binhex, uuencode, and other internet data handling
• GUI development and multimedia services
• Unit testing, profiling, and documentation generation
• Available third party modules for database access, math, 3D modeling, image processing, LDAP, WebDAV, jabber, MIDI, and much more

Python runs on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Unix, OS/2, WinCE, and many other operating systems. Full source code is available for the language and its standard libraries.