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Wing IDE 3.1.4: September 18, 2008

Wingware has released version 3.1.4 of Wing IDE, a bugfix release for all three product levels.

Release Highlights

This release includes the following:

  • Debugger support for Python 2.6
  • Support zope buildout directories not named "instance"
  • Added highlighted keywords for caml, d, escript, lisp, ps, and yaml files
  • Don't display message that save is unavailable before running pylint
  • VI mode fix: After / deselect then search match once Enter is pressed
  • About 20 other bug fixes: see the change log for details

About Wing IDE

Wing IDE is an integrated development environment for the Python programming language. It provides powerful debugging, editing, code intelligence, testing, and search capabilities that reduce development and debugging time, cut down on coding errors, and make it easier to understand and navigate Python code.

Wing IDE is available in three product levels: Wing IDE Professional is the full-featured Python IDE, Wing IDE Personal offers a reduced feature set at a low price, and Wing IDE 101 is a free simplified version designed for teaching entry level programming courses with Python.

System requirements are Windows 2000 or later, OS X 10.3.9 or later for PPC or Intel (requires X11 Server), or a recent Linux system (either 32 or 64 bit). Wing IDE 3.1 supports Python versions 2.0.x through 2.5.x.

New Features in Wing 3.1

This release adds the following features not found in Wing 3.0.x:

  • Support for zip archives
  • Support for pkg_resources name spaces and eggs
  • Support for doctest and nose style unit tests (*)
  • Scan for sys.path changes such as those used in buildout
  • How-To and support for Google App Engine
  • Inline context appropriate templates/snippets integrated with autocompleter (*)
  • Word list driven auto-completion in non-Python files (**)
  • Quick navigation to files and symbols by typing a fragment (**)
  • Improved support for Stackless Python
  • Preference to strip trailing white space on save
  • Display gi_running and gi_frame for generators
  • Improved code analysis for Python 2.5
  • Other minor features and bug fixes not found in Wing 3.0.x

(*)'d items are available in Wing IDE Professional only. (**)'d items are available in Wing IDE Personal or Professional only. Please see the change log for a detailed list of changes.

Downloads

Wing IDE Professional and Wing IDE Personal are commercial software and require a license to run. A free trial license can be obtained directly from the product when launched.

Wing IDE Pro 3.1.4

Wing IDE Personal 3.1.4

Wing IDE 101 3.1.4

Purchasing and Upgrading

Wing 3.1 is a free upgrade for all Wing IDE 3.0 and 3.1 users. Any 2.x license sold after May 2nd 2006 is free to upgrade; others cost 1/2 the normal price to upgrade.

Upgrade a 2.x license

Purchase a 3.x license

Wing IDE 3.1.3: August 5, 2008

Wingware has released version 3.1.3 of Wing IDE. This bugfix release is available for all three product levels of Wing IDE.

Release Highlights

This release includes the following:

  • Fixed breakpoints and exception ignores in zip files
  • Allow suppressing debugger errors when sys.settrace() is called
  • Fixed several problems with the pylint integration
  • Highlight Python builtin names in the editor
  • Optimized typing when Search in Files is shown
  • About 20 other bug fixes: see the change log for details

About Wing IDE

Wing IDE is an integrated development environment for the Python programming language. It provides powerful debugging, editing, code intelligence, testing, and search capabilities that reduce development and debugging time, cut down on coding errors, and make it easier to understand and navigate Python code.

Wing IDE is available in three product levels: Wing IDE Professional is the full-featured Python IDE, Wing IDE Personal offers a reduced feature set at a low price, and Wing IDE 101 is a free simplified version designed for teaching entry level programming courses with Python.

System requirements are Windows 2000 or later, OS X 10.3.9 or later for PPC or Intel (requires X11 Server), or a recent Linux system (either 32 or 64 bit). Wing IDE 3.1 supports Python versions 2.0.x through 2.5.x.

New Features in Wing 3.1

This release adds the following features not found in Wing 3.0.x:

  • Support for zip archives
  • Support for pkg_resources name spaces and eggs
  • Support for doctest and nose style unit tests (*)
  • Scan for sys.path changes such as those used in buildout
  • How-To and support for Google App Engine
  • Inline context appropriate templates/snippets integrated with autocompleter (*)
  • Word list driven auto-completion in non-Python files (**)
  • Quick navigation to files and symbols by typing a fragment (**)
  • Improved support for Stackless Python
  • Preference to strip trailing white space on save
  • Display gi_running and gi_frame for generators
  • Improved code analysis for Python 2.5
  • Other minor features and bug fixes not found in Wing 3.0.x

(*)'d items are available in Wing IDE Professional only. (**)'d items are available in Wing IDE Personal or Professional only. Please see the change log for a detailed list of changes.

Downloads

Wing IDE Professional and Wing IDE Personal are commercial software and require a license to run. A free trial license can be obtained directly from the product when launched.

Wing IDE Pro 3.1.3

Wing IDE Personal 3.1.3

Wing IDE 101 3.1.3

Purchasing and Upgrading

Wing 3.1 is a free upgrade for all Wing IDE 3.0 users. Any 2.x license sold after May 2nd 2006 is free to upgrade; others cost 1/2 the normal price to upgrade.

Upgrade a 2.x license

Purchase a 3.x license

Older News:

2008

Wing IDE 3.1.2: July 1, 2008

Wing IDE 3.1.1: May 20, 2008

Wing IDE 3.1: May 7, 2008

Wing IDE 3.1 beta3: April 25, 2008

Wing IDE 3.0.5: April 25, 2008

Wing IDE 3.1 beta2: March 11, 2008

Wing IDE 3.1 beta1: March 5, 2008

Wing IDE 3.0.4: March 5, 2008

Wing IDE 3.0.3: January 14, 2008

2007

Wing IDE 3.0.2: November 27, 2007

Wing IDE 3.0.1: October 24, 2007

Wing IDE 3.0: September 28, 2007

Wing IDE 3.0.0 beta3: September 12, 2007

Wing IDE 3.0.0 beta2: August 30, 2007

Wing IDE 3.0.0 beta1: July 30, 2007

Wing IDE 3.0.0 alpha3: June 13, 2007

Wing IDE 3.0.0 alpha2: May 2, 2007

Wing IDE 3.0.0 alpha1: March 26, 2007

Wing IDE 2.1.4 Released: February 9, 2007

2006

Wing IDE 2.1.3 Released: October 12, 2006

Wing IDE 2.1.2 Released: August 29, 2006

Wing IDE 2.1.1 Released: July 31, 2006

Wing IDE 2.1.0 Released: June 19, 2006

Wing IDE 2.1.0-rc2 Released: June 9, 2006

Wing IDE 2.1.0-rc1 Released: May 31, 2006

Wing IDE 2.1.0-beta2 Released: April 17, 2006

Wing IDE 2.1.0-beta1 Released: February 17, 2006

2005

Wing IDE 2.0.4 Released: November 8, 2005

Wing IDE Reviewed Favorably: September 9, 2005

Wing IDE 2.0.3 Released: April 21, 2005

Wing IDE 2.0.2 Released: March 14, 2005

2004

Wing IDE 2.0.1 Released: December 6, 2004

Wing IDE 2.0 Released: November 9, 2004

Wing IDE 2.0rc2 Released: October 26, 2004

Wing IDE 2.0rc1 Released: October 12, 2004

Wing IDE 2.0b5 Released: August 6, 2004

Wing IDE 2.0b4 Released: June 21, 2004

Wing IDE 2.0b3 Released: May 10, 2004

Archaeopteryx Software Is Now Wingware: March 29, 2004

Wing IDE 2.0b2 Released: March 22, 2004

2003

Wing IDE 1.1.10: August 28, 2003

Free Upgrades to Wing IDE 2.0: August 28, 2003

Wing IDE 1.1.9: March 24, 2003

Wing IDE 1.1.8: January 21, 2003

Wing IDE Stuff: January 02, 2003

2002

Wing IDE 1.1.7: November 14, 2002

Wing IDE 1.1.6: September 23, 2002

Wing Debugger Product for Zope 1.1.5 final: August 26, 2002

Improved Zope Support: July 8, 2002

Wing IDE 1.1.5: June 26, 2002

Wing IDE for Mac OS X beta release: May 9, 2002

Wing IDE 1.1.4: May 3rd, 2002

Wing IDE 1.1.3: March 12th, 2002

Wing IDE Lite: February 18th, 2002

Wing IDE Standard version 1.1.2: February 18th, 2002

Mac OS X Support: February 5th, 2002

Wing IDE 1.1.1 for Windows and Linux: January 14, 2002

Wing IDE 1.1 for Windows and Linux: January 2, 2002

2001

Wing IDE 1.1rc3 for Windows and Linux: December 17, 2001

Wing IDE 1.1rc2 for Windows and Linux: December 6, 2001

Wing IDE 1.1rc1 for Windows and Linux: December 4, 2001

Wing IDE 1.1b8-1 for Windows and Linux: October 22, 2001

Wing IDE 1.1b7-2 for Windows and Linux: September 17, 2001

Wing IDE 1.1b7 for Windows and Linux: September 6, 2001

Wing IDE 1.1b6 for Windows and Linux: July 3, 2001

Wing IDE 1.1b5 for Windows and Linux: May 11, 2001

Wing IDE 1.1b4 for Windows and Linux: April 23, 2001

Wing IDE 1.1b3 for Windows: March 2, 2001

Wing IDE 1.1b3 for Linux: March 2, 2001

Wing IDE release 1.1b2 for Linux: February 20, 2001

2000

Wing IDE release 1.0 final for Linux: December 1, 2000

Wing IDE Reviewed by Informit.com: November 27, 2000

Wing IDE release 1.0b4: November 21, 2000

Wing IDE release 1.0b3: October 25, 2000

Wing IDE release 1.0b2: September 29, 2000

Wing IDE release 1.0 beta: September 7, 2000