Eclipse for Python with Pydev

If you have been looking for a great free IDE for Python, you may want to turn to the tried and tested Eclipse and then simply download Pydev plugin.

Some of the features offered by Pydev:

• Package Explorer showing outline for python modules
• Jython and Python support
• Nice PYTHONPATH configuration!
• Project and module creation wizards
• Ctrl+Shift+O: Organizes imports or sorts selection alphabetically
• Ctrl+Shift+F: Autoformat your code (preferences can be set)
• Python 2.4 and 2.5 syntax supported
• Syntax highlighting
• See descriptions by hovering in errors
• Matching brackets highlighted.
• Outline view with imports/functions/classes
• Tabs or spaces preference
• Smart indentation (indent and dedent)
• Navigation: keyboard shortcuts to previous or next function. Default: (Ctrl+Shift+Up and Ctrl+Shift+Down)
• hyperlinks over functions//import statements
• Code folding
• Code Completion (Ctrl+Space)
  

The complete feature list can be viewed on Pydev site.