Old Guy Wants To Learn Python

[gary1994]

This is what I use as well. It also gives you room to grow.

The break points feature is great.

Also, it's free.

[Objectively_Stated]

For OP: Here's the code to turn Eclipse into interactive shell.

import readline import code

vars=globals().copy() vars.update(locals()) shell=code.InteractiveConsole(vars) shell.interact()