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OSNews: Review: theKompany Black Adder Python IDE

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 1, 2004

“Black Adder is theKompany’s Python IDE. However, this simple
answer, while accurate, does not do Black Adder justice. Black
Adder offers Python developers a convenient interface for managing
python files, easily navigating classes, debugging python scripts,
database connectivity via mxODBC, and, of course, creating GUIs in
Python using pyQT and QT Designer. As an added bonus, it does all
this on both Windows and Linux…

“I believe first impressions are very important, and Black Adder
made a good first impression on me. While meaningless to most
developers, the first thing that stood out for me was the fact that
Black Adder properly supports Japanese characters (as you can see
in the tree view in this screenshot). I was also impressed with the
clean look of the layout and the meaningful icons used on the
toolbar…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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