Wing IDE 3.1.2: July 1, 2008

Wingware has released version 3.1.2 of Wing IDE. This bugfix release is available for all three product levels of Wing IDE.

Release Highlights

This release includes the following:

  • Save fold state for editors across IDE sessions
  • Save project tree expansion across IDE sessions
  • Added project property to specify default file encoding
  • Fixed incorrect field highlighting when template starts with a field
  • Several VI mode improvements
  • Support "from __future__" in the Python Shell and Debug Probe
  • Fixed printing on OS X Leopard
  • Better support for right command and option keys on OS X
  • Added missing template and testing support in RPM packages
  • Fixed problems with finding Python on Linux and OS X
  • PyLint integration runs pylint asynchronously
  • About 34 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 3.1.2

Wing IDE Personal 3.1.2

Wing IDE 101 3.1.2

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