Release PyDev 1.5 or PyDev Extensions now open source

A new version of PyDev has been released, a plugin for Eclipse that allows you to develop projects on Python. In the new version, the developer Fabio Zadrozny decided to integrate all the functionality of the PyDev Extensions paid add-on into the free open version.

In the new version:

• Advanced interactive console with auto-import,
• Real-time code quality analysis
• Context-independent code-completion with auto-import,
• Hierarchical class diagram
• Debug console with the ability to run a remote debug server.

Detailed information can be found on the official website PyDev.org , as well as in the blog Fabio Zadrozny .


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Download

Before installation, the author advises to remove the paid supplement PyDev Extensions (if installed). Links for the Eclipse update manager:

• Stable version: http://pydev.org/updates ,
• Nightly builds: http://nightly.aptana.com/pydev . Strange, but here only the old version 1.4.8.

The zip archive can be downloaded from the Source Forge project page .

Quick reference

PyDev is a plugin for the Eclipse IDE . Allows you to develop projects on Python. Until September 3, 2009 existed in two versions: open source and basic functionality, and as a paid add-on for $ 42 PyDev Extensions.