Question

what is a good text editor for beginners using python? i'm currently using windows vista...

Answer 1

I would *very* warmly suggest you read the following chapter of Swaroop’s “A Bite of Python”: as it handles exactly that in a very concise and neutral way:

http://www.swaroopch.com/notes/python_en-first_steps/

P.S. Please, let’s avoid a text-editor war.

Answer 2

Thanks! I'll look it up.

Answer 3

Remember that there is no One True Way™, but you should try and find a powerful enough text editor that suits you.

For me this is Vim, but I understand the reasons why others prefere Emacs. There are other good text editors out there, but these two are considered to be the biggest and baddest of them all.

Answer 4

Notepad++ would be a good one to use.