Portable PyScripter

Initially started as an integrated development environment for Delphi applications, Portable PyScripter is now a standalone Python IDE.

It displays a user friendly interface that hides under the hood a large number of features and provides you with a syntax highlighting editor, an integrated Python interpreter and debugging, as well as with editor views and code exploring.

The application is straightforward and designed similarly to other coding tools that work with Python. You can rearrange the windows that make up the application or have them floating. Portable PyScripter grants you the use of file, code and project explorer windows, as well as interactive interpreter and message windows.

Portable PyScripter features a powerful editor that is based on Synedit. With it you can perform syntax highlighting and edit using drag and drop actions. The application also inherits context aware indentation, brace highlighting and context sensitive help from Synedit.

A great feature that makes use of the rearrangeable interface is the fact that you can create templates by saving the layouts under specific names. This helps you create customized layouts for different work stages, allowing you to use one template for script editing and another for debugging.

Since you use text throughout the entire process of coding, the application provides you with various text editing tools and functions. You can obviously cut, copy and paste content, insert and dedent blocks of code, insert various parameters and choose the proper encoding. You can also run a syntax check, import active Python scripts and debug them.

With this comprehensive tool you also get to use multiple ways of running your Python scripts. You can debug using the integrated debugger, or run without debugging and even run externally from the application.

In closing, Portable PyScripter is definitely a reliable Python integrated development environment that can compete with other high-end products.