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Wing IDE 101 is free scaled down Python IDE designed for teaching introductory programming classes. It omits many features found in Wing IDE Professional and makes simplifications appropriate for beginners.

You can change the overall look and feel of the user interface on the fly by selecting among many themes including black background, low contrast, high contrast and large print options.

Features:

Editor:
Syntax highlights Python and 60+ languages
VI/Vim key bindings
Visual Studio style key bindings
Brief key bindings
Indentation guides
Adapts to file EOL style
Rectangular and line selection
Visible white space
Editor splits & tabs
Print file or selection
Auto-save and restore
Django template syntax highlighting
Emacs key bindings
OS X style key bindings
Block indentation
Adapts to file indent style
Block commenting
Brace matching
Detect and load external changes
Configurable tab key
Highlight caret line
Code Intelligence:
Goto-definition
Quick keyboard navigation to files and symbols
Code-aware line wrapping
Scans for sys.path changes in main debug file
Source index menus
Auto-indent
Error indicators
Debugger:
GUI, Web, and script debugging
View stack, locals/globals, and return value
Integrated debug process I/O with configurable text encoding
Exception traceback reporting
Supports input() and raw_input()
Native console I/O
Search Interfaces:
Basic search
Search in Selection
Toolbar quick search
Other Features:
Integrated Python shell with auto-completion
Create multiple tool instances
Integrated documentation, How-Tos, and tutorial
Supports Stackless Python
Supports debug builds of Python
Supports code in zip archives and eggs
Supports virtualenv
Automatic patch / update manager
German GUI Localization
French GUI Localization
Customizable user interface
Graphical preferences editor
Supports most versions of CPython
Supports 32-bit and 64-bit Python builds
Supports cygwin Python
Supports code in buildouts
Integrated feedback / bug reporting