PyDev 6.0.0 Released

PyDev 6.0.0 Release Highlights

• Important PyDev now requires Java 8 and Eclipse 4.6 (Neon) onwards.

  • PyDev 5.2.0 is the last release supporting Eclipse 4.5 (Mars).

• Interpreter configuration

  • The list of packages installed in the interpreter is shown in the IDE (supports either pip or conda).
  • It's now possible to install/uninstall packages using either pip or conda directly from the IDE.
  • Provides a way to load variables if interpreter is from a conda environment (Load conda env vars before run configuration).
  • A default string substitution variable named PY is now created with the major and minor version of the created interpreter.
  • It's now possible to configure a project to always use a grammar compatible with the interpreter version (default for new projects -- #PyDev-846).

• Editor

  • Subword navigation is now available (and enabled by default -- can be customized at PyDev > Editor).
  • Changed default config for minimap (smaller and not showing elements -- can be customized at PyDev > Editor > Overview Ruler Minimap).
  • Code completion no longer active in comments in last line of editor (#PyDev-762).

• Debugger

  • Fix find_module signature (patch by James Blackburn).
  • Fix qt_loader to support PEP 302 correctly.
  • Fix in matplotlib_options from ipython (#PyDev-779).
  • When show all uppercase references is used as a filter, only digits shouldn't be filtered out in variables view (#PyDev-794).

• PyLint

  • Added setting to search PyLint installed in interpreter (#PyDev-811).

• Unittest

  • It's possible to edit a run configuration from dialog to select tests to run (Ctrl+F9) (patch by Robert Gomulka).
  • Test(s) name is shown in the run configuration (patch by Robert Gomulka -- #PyDev-840).

• isort integration

  • The modules that are known to be third party or system modules in the PyDev configuration are passed to isort.
  • Proper support for isort:skip and isort:skip_file.
  • Internal isort caches properly being cleared between invocations (fix for case where changes to config were not reflected in isort).

• Others

  • Fix to properly interrupt infinite loop in the Interactive Console (#PyDev-816).
  • Fix issue where user could do a drag n drop in system libs which could put an entry below another entry, which actually removed it from the config (#PyDev-821).
  • Fix where runfile was not available on interactive debugger when python-future is installed (#PyDev-845).
  • Fix NullPointerException on code-completion.
  • mutagen added to forced builtins by default (#PyDev-819).

What is PyDev?

PyDev is an open-source Python IDE on top of Eclipse for Python, Jython and IronPython development.

It comes with goodies such as code completion, syntax highlighting, syntax analysis, code analysis, refactor, debug, interactive console, etc.

Details on PyDev: http://pydev.org
Details on its development: http://pydev.blogspot.com

What is LiClipse?

LiClipse is a PyDev standalone with goodies such as support for Multiple cursors, theming, TextMate bundles and a number of other languages such as Django Templates, Jinja2, Kivy Language, Mako Templates, Html, Javascript, etc.

It's also a commercial counterpart which helps supporting the development of PyDev.

Details on LiClipse: http://www.liclipse.com/

Cheers,

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Fabio Zadrozny

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Software Developer

LiClipse
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PyDev - Python Development Environment for Eclipse
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http://pydev.blogspot.com

PyVmMonitor - Python Profiler
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