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I won a PyCharm license at PyTexas last year. Before I wond the license I had a bad experience with the beta version. It took almost 9 months using it on and off until I it finally became my IDE of choice.

- The Subversion integration is killer.

- There is even a tool to apply .diffs.

- There is a plugin that gives me VIm key bindings.

- The Django integration is nice, including Django templates.

- The CSS editor is fantastic. One cool feature is the color referenced in a line is put in the left gutter.

- The debugger is very handy.

- The quick file navigation bar is a super handy way to jump between files.

- The "Go To" for Class , File, and Symbol is a very quicksilver-ish way to navigate your project

- As trite as it might sound, the color themes are super easy to change. Which are close to impossible to change with PyDev + Eclipse.

- The syntax highlighting helps me catch errors



Have you used WingIDE? How does it compare? After shelling out for a $150 license and using it enthusiastically for about 3 months, I found myself moving back to basic text editors. I guess I just found the slowdown and general clunkyness was not offset by the additional toolset. Wondering how pycharm compares.


Try http://www.eclipsecolorthemes.org/ (note I used it with cdt and had trouble with dark color themes making some elements nearly invisible) but other then that its sorta nice




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