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40 pointsJaDogg10 comments

Amazing work

- C++

- Has a python API, this opens up a lot of possibilities. Language server protocol, linting and formatting tools, perhaps mypy

- Highlighting

- Jedi integration

- Being able to glue python and c++ to get it to work together in itself is a feat (where I've tried and failed before: https://www.git-pull.com/#scrapyard :P)

How did you like working with QT?

GPL is okay, except it precludes those when open source ambitions incompatible with that license. BSD/MIT/ISC/Apache projects can't pull it in. Too much paperwork to pass onto a layperson, a potential contributor.

Also nice CI loop with appveyor! re: https://github.com/JaDogg/expressPython/blob/master/appveyor...

Please keep working on this

Thanks,

If you want to go with C++ & Python I suggest use Boost. Don't take the hackish approach I've taken. -- My bad looks like you didn't get the boost working. Take a look at my code, but I don't think it's very good C++. Boost is the idiomatic way.

How did you like working with QT? I loved it. It feel native in C++ and have a very extensive documentation, not to mention really nice API. Qt source code was probably the best C++ code I've read.

GPL license is the only license allowed for Open source Qt projects If I understood Qt license correctly, I'd have preferred to go MIT. I'm not entirely sure. So I just went with GPL to be safe.

What's different from IDLE?

A window to type stuff that can be read as stdin. Honestly I didn't built it to compete with IDLE or other similar editors.

Good Job on actually finishing this...

Though i have to admit that I don't see myself using it with free IDEs like vscode and atom around.

Thanks. It's not meant to be used as a standalone IDEs/Editor. I myself use PyCharm (with vim plugin when I need to edit fast). This is to test stuff out quickly. I also used an older version of expressPython to train some graduate hires. I also use it to do various coding challenges to keep myself sharp.

i own and am an active subscriber for IntelliJ and PyCharm as well, though i'm using it very rarely (basically only if i'm developing a django app) nowadays.

I personally used Hydrogen[1] for your mentioned UseCase. It even lets you keep objects around, so you don't have to repeat every action just to execute a function with some data. (especially handy if you're consuming web services and want test your parsing rules)

As Hydrogen is backed by the Jupyter Kernel, you can get a similar workflow with vscode and PyCharm... though i have to say that hydrogen unique in its integration. haven't really come across anything even remotely as effective for just trying out code

I hope I'm not discourage you. Your software is a quite neat and kudos for going the Native route instead of Electron!

[1] https://atom.io/packages/hydrogen

Thanks, When I first started this project in 2014 for my personal use, atom wasn't stable on Windows it crashed often and barely worked. I don't remember VSCode was there in 2014. Now it's 2019 and we have lot of good choices.

Why was this submission marked [Dead]?

Also worth mentioning the mu editor: https://codewith.mu/ - it's an editor designed to learn with.

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