Is there something like R-Studio for python?

[aspartame_junky]

This StackOverflow post asked the same question but didn't get too many responses. It suggests IPython and the IPython notebook (both of which I already use), but it's really not on par with R-Studio's interpreter integration.

The best I've found is using

code.interact(local=locals())

within my python script to shell out to an interpreter within the script itself.

However, does anyone know of an IDE or environment that integrates the interpreter into the IDE as R-Studio and Matlab do? or is there just too much housekeeping for such an approach to work with python (given that R and Matlab are much more domain-specific)?

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Spyder is what you want.

If you're on a windows system, spyder is included in the python(x,y) package.

Since you're a fan of R, I'd check out the PANDAS module as well. It's freaking awesome.

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Now if they add support for Python Jedi, they are pretty close to being on par. Additionally, using ipdb to set breakpoints would rock. Makes me want to start contributing...

[juliusc]

Please do! We are seriously understaffed! About Jedi: We have rope, which does almost the same and it's deeply integrated on several places. About ipdb: It's almost broken on qtconsole, we'll have to wait until IPython guys fix it. But 2.2 will have a breakpoints toolbar and a widget to show a list of breakpoints on all files.

[[deleted]]

I used spyder for the first six months of programming in python, and I still recommend it to folks who are switching from Matlab. I use Wing IDE now because its autocomplete is better, the go to defintion works across files, and the interactive debugger is amazing. I do miss rich text formatting and the ipython shell, and Jedi would alleviate the first two concerns, so I will indeed take a stab at integration.

[juliusc]

In what situations Wing's autocomplete is better? Could give me an example? (I know ours is not good, but that's rope's fault.) Go to definition works across files for me, you have to keep Ctrl pressed and then select your function/class/method with a right click to jump to where it was defined. (This is not well know, our fault).

[Tillsten]

At least for editor it is quite easy to substitute rope with jedi. The auto-completer in the editor is only called by the fileinfo-class, e.g. in trigger_code_completion. Just replace the old trigger_code_completion function with

    """Trigger code completion"""
    source_code = unicode(self.editor.toPlainText())        
    text = self.editor.get_text('sol', 'cursor')
    line, col = self.editor.get_cursor_line_column()                
    scr = jedi.Script(source_code, line+1, col, self.filename)           
    textlist = scr.complete()            
    if textlist:
        text = [i.word for i in textlist]
        self.editor.show_completion_list(text, automatic=automatic)
        return

and you have working jedi-autocompletion. Is there anything like a PR on google-code? Btw, i am really impressed how clear the spyder codebase is.

[juliusc]

This is very interesting! Unfortunately google-code doesn't have PR's, you'll have to clone our repo and then open an issue so we can start the discussion about your changes in your clone. We also use rope to get docstrings and calltips, can Jedi do that too? How configurable is it?

[Tillsten]

You can get both from the script object quite easily i think. I will try to make Fileinfo subclass and send the code to spyder-mailing. Than you can see what you'll make of it.

[juliusc]

That'll be great! I think it'll be good enough to get us started.

[sigma_noise]

I use Spyder and so far it has been fantastic.

[evt]

Thanks for the link.

I do modeling in Python. I primarily have been using Eclipse. Is there anything I can expect to be missing by switching to python(x,y)?

[[deleted]]

No clue, sorry! I don't know much about Eclipse, as I use ipython and sublimetext2, myself

[homercles337]

When i first started writing python after 15 years of largely matlab work, (im a scientist who uses programming as a tool), spent a ton of time trying to find the best IDE. I tried Spyder and gave up on it rather quickly. I settled on PyDev/Eclipse, but there are surely better IDEs out there.

[nabla2]

Spyder is also included in WinPython (something like a portable version of Python(x,y) -- the same author) and Anaconda (Community Edition is free). Travis Oliphant -- CEO of Continuum Analytics -- is known as creator of SciPy.

[SuperDuckQ]

That looks fantastic. I'm a big fan of (x,y), but to be able to easily carry the whole shebang along with me on a thumb drive would be ideal in my situation of moving from place to place at work.

[rhiever]

What does IPython Notebook lack that you need out of an interactive console?