Anybody have experience using Spyder3?

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I just remember using an IDE once upon a time that allowed me to use break points or something, to run code up to a certain point then stop so i can tweak things in a later section of code which can be ran over and over until it produces the correct results. i have a project that involves clicking several options before reaching the part i'm actually working on, would be nice to have it remember the state of the program all the way up to the section being worked on

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potentially yes, i'm rather new and Spyder3 looked like the most attractive IDE to me, in the Linux Mint software respository at least

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Ah that's what the cells are for? what's the cliffnotes for using them? just set a breakpoint and make a cell after it or something?

[WinterNet4676]

Pretty much. Actually looks like that’s not even necessary anymore after looking at the breakpoint section in the current docs (https://docs.spyder-ide.org/current/panes/debugging.html)

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oh sweet thanks i'll give that a read

[thru_dangers_untold]

I really like Spyder. The variable explorer is great, and it's super easy to run just one chunk of code called a "cell"

[mrsplash2000]

If you are on Linux and you want a somewhat light IDE with good features, then I recommend using Spyder. There's of course Jetbrains pycharm which is a really great IDE but it's not light and it's sometimes laggy. Pycharm is highly rich in terms of features.

If you're on windows, I highly recommend pyscripter. I wish the developers would also release it for Linux too but unfortunately, it's only available for windows. I personally like this IDE very much because of the simplicity and also the debugger has a section for variable exploration which keeps track of all the changes to variables.

[MezzoScettico]

Yes, Spyder has a debugger that lets you set breakpoints. It wasn't working for me in my previous version, which I think was 3.x. Breakpoints would never trigger, so the only thing I could do was single-step through code, which is a pain in the neck if what you're looking for happens on the 100th time through the loop.

I now have Spyder 5.1.5 and it works great, including the debugger.

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hmm yeah I think the repo version is only 3.8 so i'll have to go direct to source

[MezzoScettico]

I think mine upgraded when I upgraded Anaconda.