{"id":1769,"date":"2017-06-16T12:43:15","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T12:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/ColtnessHS-ComputingScience\/?p=1769"},"modified":"2017-06-16T12:43:49","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T12:43:49","slug":"python-thonny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/ColtnessHS-ComputingScience\/2017\/06\/16\/python-thonny\/","title":{"rendered":"Python – Thonny"},"content":{"rendered":"

I know that some of you have struggled to get Python working at home, so let me introduce you to Thonny<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thonny is a Python IDE for beginners, it has Python built in so no need for a seperate install. It has a lot of cool features that you may find useful. I am going to demo a few features (the following text is from the Thonny homepage\u00a0http:\/\/thonny.org\/ )<\/p>\n

No-hassle variables.<\/h3>\n

Once you’re done with hello-worlds, select View \u2192 Variables<\/em> and see how your programs and shell commands affect Python variables.<\/p>\n

Variables table<\/h3>\n

Simple debugger. Just press Ctrl+F5<\/em> instead of F5<\/em> and you can run your programs step-by-step, no breakpoints needed. Press F6<\/em> for a big step and F7<\/em> for a small step. Steps follow program structure, not just code lines.<\/p>\n

Stepping through statements<\/h3>\n

Step through expression evaluation. If you use small steps, then you can even see how Python evaluates your expressions. You can think of this light-blue box as a piece of paper where Python replaces subexpressions with their values, piece-by-piece.<\/p>\n