PyDev 6.5.0 Released

PyDev 6.5.0 Release Highlights

• Debugger

  • Debugger is much more responsive (fixed bug in reader/writer on the PyDev side).
  • breakpoint() builtin is now supported to add a programmatic breakpoint (on any Python version).
  • Watch expression no longer giving error if evaluation is empty (patch by glhez).

• Editor

  • Code folding of #region/#endregion regions (patch by ghbcode).
  • There's a new action which allows creating local imports from a global import (use Ctrl+1 on top of global import name).

• It's now possible to change the default interpreter through an action (default binding: Ctrl+Shift+Alt+I).

• The interactive console now has scroll lock (patch by bongibong).

About PyDev

PyDev is an open-source Python IDE on top of Eclipse for Python, Jython and IronPython development, now also available for Python on Visual Studio Code.

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

It is also available as a standalone through LiClipse with goodies such as multiple cursors, theming and support for many other languages, such as Django Templates, Jinja2, Html, JavaScript, etc.

Links:

PyDev: http://pydev.org
PyDev Blog: http://pydev.blogspot.com
PyDev on VSCode: http://pydev.org/vscode
LiClipse: http://www.liclipse.com
PyVmMonitor - Python Profiler: http://www.pyvmmonitor.com/

Cheers,

Fabio Zadrozny