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programming due to dynamic typing, etc. In some cases it is indeed the case that explicit
typing would allow for simpler and more detailed analysis, but it is also true that there
are a lot of tools and libraries for Python nowadays that help avoid the taboo that is an
IDE that can provide real assistance over the code that is being generated. That is why
NINJA-IDE tries to provide Python programmers with the same functionality and aides
that Java or .NET programmers get on their most popular IDEs. Taking the results and
experiences from other language’s IDEs, it is our intention to get a Python-centered IDE
that satisfies its users.
The mailing list is normally used for the process of suggesting, choosing and
incorporating new features into NINJA-IDE, making it a collective decision of all the
project’s active members. The result is detailed and public information about the
feature’s objective, the appropriate time to incorporate it and lots of other details. Lots of
times these features are motivated by an interesting capability of another IDE, an idea of
some of the members or a suggestion from the user’s group. This way anyone, be it a
user or developer, can express what it wants from NINJA-IDE and we can all decide if it
is to be added to the project or would better be implemented as a plugin, at the same
time it shows what ideas are being worked on and who are taking control of them to keep
the group synchronized.
What do we expect from NINJA-IDE
NINJA-IDE was born to satisfy what we consider an important need that we saw that
other IDEs’ approach were not covering. Our intention with this project was to build an
IDE focused on Python application development but never forget the need to keep a user
community that would allow us to enhance the tool’s usability. Nowadays we are very
happy to have a NINJA-IDE community as the user’s experiences, suggestions and
knowledge base it makes development faster and more comprehensive, taking care of
details that would be otherwise overlooked.
Future plans
We are now at version 1.1 of NINJA-IDE, codename ‘Kunai’. This first version has all the
features previously mentioned, providing developers with a practical and robust IDE.
Needless to say, as with any project, enhancement and new features to implement will
appear.
Some of the features that are planned to be added in NINJA-IDE version 2.0, that we
have just began developing, are:
• New extensible and dynamic architecture
• Visual debugger
• Visual browser of a project’s modules and classes (based on BlueJ)
• Support for version control tools
• Collaborative edition of a document
• Integrated Qt interface designer