"Personally, the pleasure I take in developping software is half linked to the language, half to the programming tools. With PyDev, I've got everything."

Franck Perez

"PyDev is a core tool in our development process, and is a major reason why Python has become viable for us as a production language. I look forward to each new release of PyDev as it is continually evolving into a more and more powerful development environment."

Eric Wittmann, Zoundry LLC.

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What is PyDev?

PyDev is a Python IDE for Eclipse, which may be used in Python, Jython and IronPython development.

It comes with many goodies such as:

For more details on the provided features, check the Features Matrix.

Important

First time users are strongly advised to read the Getting started guide which explains how to properly configure PyDev

Release 2.3.0

Pep8.py integrated (must be enabled in PyDev > Editor > Code Analysis > pep8.py).
Faster PyDev startup (internal Jython upgraded to version 2.2.1 -- and also optimized for PyDev).
Action to select/deselect scope (Shift+Alt+Up/Down).
Fix: cache issue where the PYTHONPATH in memory became different from the PYTHONPATH configured for a project.
Fix: OutOfMemoryError when dealing with PyOpenGL.
Fix: deadlock (could occur in a race condition when importing a project with an existing Python configuration).
Fix: code-completion integration issue with IPython 011 (patch from jonahkichwacoders).
Fix: annotation could remain in editor after removing a marker.
Fix: BadLocationException on extract local refactoring.

Release 2.2.4

Cython

Cython is now supported in PyDev (.pyx files may be opened with the PyDev editor).

Globals Token Browser (Ctrl+Shift+T)

Packages/Modules can now be reached through the globals browser (so, __init__.py files can now be easily gotten through the package they represent)

Handling external files

External libraries configured in a project appearing in the PyDev Package Explorer

Show in > PyDev Package Explorer working for files that are under the interpreter or external libraries.

Show in > PyDev Package Explorer working for files inside .zip archives.

External files that were opened when Eclipse is closed are properly reopened.

Editor

New option in the code-formatter to only apply code-formatting on changed lines on save.

from __future__ import now properly appears as first even if grouping is enabled.

it's now possible to have a minimap of the code in the overview ruler (enable in preferences > PyDev > Editor > Overview Ruler Minimap).

Unittest runner

exc_clear() no longer called if it's not available.

Fixed issue where class tearDown was executed twice.

Debugger

It's now possible to enable/disable stepping into properties while in the debugger. Menu: Run > Disable step into properties (patch by Hussain Bohra)

Show in outline view activated in debug perspective (patch by Hussain Bohra)

Watch expressions can be properly expanded in the watch view (patch by Hussain Bohra)

Breakpoints in external files are properly shown.

Remote debugger: starting the remote debugger no longer shows a launch configuration

Remote debugger: when the server is stopped, the server socket is properly closed

Minors

Fixed issue in rename (Alt+Shift+R) / find references (Ctrl+Shift+G) on top level module variables.

Fixed issue where create class/method/field action was not ok because of comment.

Fixed issue where doing create class/method/field action on file with tabs ended up adding spaces.

Development Info

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Releases History:

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