PyDev is an open source Python plugin for Eclipse.
PyDev is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) used for programming in Python supporting code refactoring, graphical debugging, code analysis among other features.
The recommended way of using PyDev is bundled in LiClipse, which provides PyDev builtin as well as support for other languages such as Django Templates, Mako, RST, C++, CoffeScript, Dart, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, among others.
Features include:
- Django integration.
- Django templates editor (requires LiClipse).
- Code completion with auto import.
- Documentation hovers – hovering over some element in the console shows docstrings (or other suitable description if not available).
- Type hinting with hints for code-completion with docstrings by commenting types with the Sphinx/Epydoc format.
- Code analysis – provides error finding in Python programs. It finds common errors such as undefined tokens, duplicated signatures and warns about things such as unused variables or unused imports. PyDev finds undefined variables, undefined variables from import, unused variables, unused imports, unused wild imports, duplicated signatures, import redefinition, unresolved imports, no ‘self’ tolk declared in a class method, mixing indentation with tabs and spaces, and bad indentation.
- Go to definition.
- Interactive console – allows interactive editing, running and debugging of a Python project.
- Refactoring – keybinding, supports preview, integrated in the editor, supports undo/redo in the workspace, rename class, rename method, rename attribute, rename imports, and rename local variable.
- Debugger – supports step in, step over, step return, continue, breakpoints (with optional condition), stack view showing multiple threads, locals and globals variable display, expressions display, temporary display for selection, and hover showing the selected expression evaluation.
- Remote debugger.
- Full debug support in interactive console.
- Find referrers in debugger.
- Tokens browser.
- Unittest integration – allows using different test runners, and see the results in a view with a red/green bar. The PyUnit view shows the results of tests being run, their output, time, re-running tests, among others.
- Outline view.
- Code coverage – code coverage integration in PyDev.
- Code folding.
- PyLint integration – a source code, bug and quality checker for Python.
- Find References (Ctrl+Shift+G).
- CPython, Jython and IronPython support.
- TODO tasks.
- Content Assistants:
- Assign result to attribute or local.
- Surround code with try..catch / finally.
- Create docstring.
- Move import to global scope.
- Python 2.x and 3.x syntax
Website: www.pydev.org
Support: Documentation, GitHub, Blog, Mailing List
Developer: Appcelerator
License: Eclipse Public License
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