[Python-press] Wing IDE 2.1 released

[John Ehresman]

Wing IDE 2.1: Advanced Software Development Environment for Python

Brookline, MA -- June 21, 2006

Wingware announced today the release of version 2.1 of Wing IDE for
Python, its popular development environment for the Python
programming language.

Wing IDE provides powerful debugging, editing, code intelligence, and
search capabilities that reduce development and debugging time, cut down
on coding errors, and make it easier to understand and navigate Python
code.

Highlights of the Wing IDE 2.1 release include:

* Visual Studio, VI/Vim, and Brief key bindings
* Subversion and Perforce support
* Improved performance on Windows
* Redesigned and improved search tools
* Named bookmarks
* Breakpoint manager and call stack as list
* Evaluate file or selection in Python Shell
* Support for Intel Macs

About Wing IDE

Wing IDE is a software development environment for Python that focuses
on boosting programmer productivity and software maintainability.

Key features of Wing IDE include:

* Module and class-oriented code browser
* Goto-definition, auto-completion, call tips, and source indexing
* Powerful code editor with syntax highlighting, error indicators,
   structural folding, auto-indentation, emacs emulation, named
   bookmarks and much more
* Interactive graphical and command line debugging tools
* Web development with Zope, Plone, CGI, Apache mod_python and other
   tools
* Extensive support libraries for XML, Web services, and easy access to
   a range of internet protocols
* Portable GUI development with PyQt, wxPython, Tkinter, and PyGtk
* Game development with pygame
* Ability to debug remote processes and embedded application scripts
* Multi-file wildcard and regular expression search and replace
* Software project manager
* Code templates/snippets
* Interactive Python command shell
* Many customization options
* English and German localization and unicode support
* Extensible with Python scripts
* CVS, Subversion, and Perforce integration
* Access to product source code
* Emacs, vi, visual studio, and brief editor modes

Wing IDE runs on Windows 2000 and later, recent Intel Linux systems, and
OS X 10.3.9 or later (with X11 installed). Solaris, *BSD, and other
Posix platforms are supported for customers willing to compile the
product from source code (requires a non-disclosure agreement).

A single-user license for Wing IDE costs $179 US (Professional edition)
and $35 US (Personal edition). Wing IDE Personal omits some of the
features listed above and is for non-commercial use only. The software
is obtained by download but optional CD media is available within the
USA for an additional $30. Each license includes free website and email
support, and free minor release upgrades. Volume discounts and paid
support packages are also available.

A free trial, additional information, and online store are available at
http://www.wingware.com/

About Python

Python is a powerful object oriented programming language that is
developed and maintained by a global community of Open Source
contributors, under the oversight of the Python Software Foundation.
Python's unique blend of simplicity and power excels in a wide range of
software development tasks, including the construction of web
applications, complex integrated business solutions, and large desktop
applications. Python is often characterized as an agile language that
promotes speedy development and includes a unit-testing framework for
building more robust applications.

Python is a compelling alternative to proprietary development platforms
based on Java, C#, and other languages.  Powerful web development
platforms such as Zope, Plone, Webware, and Quixote; GUI development
toolkits wxPython, PyGTK, and PyQT, and extensive support for internet
services development and integration make Python an excellent
broad-based development platform.

Companies using Python include Google, Microsoft, Industrial Light &
Magic, The New York Stock Exchange, RealNetworks, Philips, Hewlett
Packard, Rackspace, RedHat, NASA, Disney, and AstraZeneca.

Key features of Python include:

* Object orientation, modular name spaces, exceptions, and
   multi-threading
* High-level dynamic data typing and very late binding
* Tight integration with C, C++, and Java modules
* May be compiled to Java byte code for use in any JVM
* String and regular expression processing
* Extensive XML and web services support
* HTTP, FTP, SMTP, POP, IMAP, NNTP, telnet, and other IP protocols
* HTML, MIME, base64, binhex, uuencode, and other internet data handling
* GUI development and multimedia services
* Unit testing, profiling, and documentation generation
* Available third party modules for database access, math, 3D modeling,
   image processing, LDAP, WebDAV, jabber, MIDI, and much more

Python runs on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Unix, OS/2, WinCE,
and many other operating systems. Full source code is available for the
language and its standard libraries.

More information and downloads are available at http://python.org
A collection of Python success stories is at
http://wingware.com/python/success

Press Contact:

Stephan Deibel
P.O. Box 1937
Brookline, MA 02446
USA
617-232-0059
Email: sales at wingware.com