Which IDE do I use to develop a mono app in IronPython?

Question

Hi,

I'm investigating which platform to use for a cross platform GUI app that needs access to the serial port. Currently I'm thinking on using the mono runtime and monodevelop as the IDE. However, I already have a corpus of prototype code written python. Therefore, my idea was to write the mono app in IronPython as well, but as far as I can find on the net, monodevelop has no support for IronPython.

Therefore my question. Which IDE should I use, given that I want to develop the app on top of mono and use the IronPython language? Also, I don't want to invest into a windows license as I run OSX and Linux only.

Cheers, Johan

Answer 1

There was a beta release of MonoDevelop 2.2 with improved Python support. See if that meets your needs.

Answer 2

Most people seem to use Eclipse with PyDev extensions.

Answer 3

See voidspace review of IDEs for IronPython This site also covers a lot of other info for IronPython.