IDLE

IDLE (short for Integrated Development and Learning Environment) is an <a href="/facts/Integrated_development_environment/jbEINSQf">integrated development environment</a> for <a href="/facts/Python_(programming_language)/YbuGqofa">Python</a>, which has been bundled with the default implementation of the language since 1.5.2b1. It is packaged as an optional part of the Python packaging with many <a href="/facts/Linux_distributions/0vVl4N4f">Linux distributions</a>. It is completely written in Python and the <a href="/facts/Tkinter/IjfcFMRP">Tkinter</a> GUI toolkit (<a href="/facts/Wrapper_function/nyy4XUdb">wrapper</a> functions for <a href="/facts/Tcl/s7fbKYtR">Tcl</a>/<a href="/facts/Tk_(framework)/Y6NBxcbF">Tk</a>).
IDLE is intended to be a simple <a href="/facts/Integrated_development_environment/jbEINSQf">IDE</a> and suitable for beginners, especially in an educational environment. To that end, it is cross-platform, and avoids feature clutter.
According to the included <a href="/facts/README/BeUhsR1I">README</a>, its main features are:

<ul><li>Multi-window text editor with <a href="/facts/Syntax_highlighting/cLCr5a6w">syntax highlighting</a>, autocompletion, smart indent and other features.</li>
<li>Python shell with syntax highlighting.</li>
<li>Integrated debugger with <a href="/facts/Program_animation/2BtbtxEN">stepping</a>, persistent <a href="/facts/Breakpoint/LgtYUIlq">breakpoints</a>, and call stack visibility.</li></ul>
Author <a href="/facts/Guido_van_Rossum/xADcJVjl">Guido van Rossum</a> says IDLE stands for "Integrated Development and Learning Environment", and since Van Rossum named the language Python after the British comedy group <a href="/facts/Monty_Python/tNPcRLty">Monty Python</a>, the name IDLE was probably also chosen partly to honor <a href="/facts/Eric_Idle/8zfXrh4j">Eric Idle</a>, one of Monty Python's founding members.

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