Pyscripter – Open-Source Python Ide Written in Delphi

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satya71

3 months ago

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A blast from the past! Pyscripter was definitely a top contender back in Python 2.3 days. Not sure when I stopped using it and why. Seems to be actively maintained. Will have to try again.

nilslindemann

3 months ago

Yes, I had it installed back in those days. I stopped using it because Notepad++ (quick check something without getting asked for permissions) plus VS Code (linting, refactoring, other small things) plus my pimped Code browser 4.9 (Zen-like Overview) do the things I need.

albertzeyer

3 months ago

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This is Windows only.

I wonder, why don't they use Lazarus (https://www.lazarus-ide.org/)? That would also make it cross-platform, and probably gain much more interest in the project.

pjmlp

3 months ago

Delphi can target cross-platform as well.

https://www.embarcadero.com/products/rad-studio/fm-applicati...

shakna

3 months ago

Lazarus was around 4 years old when the first version of Pyscripter was released.

Porting to it, might be an option at some point, but changing compiler without breaking anything, is not a tiny task for Delphi things.

I'd say the biggest roadblock would be JEDI which assumes Windows everything.

https://wiki.freepascal.org/JVCL_Components

marcodiego

3 months ago

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No, not a good Idea. We did tons of efforts to achieve good multiplatform open source dev tools with exclusively FLOSS dependencies. Take dev-cpp as a remainder of what happens when people follow such path.

And this is a comment I often link whenever I ser any news related to Delphi: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37520509

binary132

3 months ago

1 reply

I still think of Dev-C++ with great fondness from time to time.

fithisux

3 months ago

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It was good when C++ was C with Objects.

Nowadays, C++ is just a beast.

binary132

2 months ago

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I mean, nobody’s stopping you from just writing C with Objects.

fithisux

2 months ago

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It's not C++ then and possibly the autoccompletion features or more modern

C+Objects features will not work on DevC++

binary132

2 months ago

that's simply not true, no C++ standard version has removed old-school style C++ features, nothing is stopping you from using plain Jane C++ with new, delete, plain-old-data structs, etc.

kybernetyk

3 months ago

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I almost forgot how bad the dev-tools ecosystem was back in the day. I remember back in 1998, when I was 15, I took on a vacation job in a car shop (wet sanding car parts) just to afford Visual C++ 6.0.

I also had to order the compiler through a local dealer and delivery took 6 weeks. But I still have the box and CD-ROM :)

marcodiego

2 months ago

The Linux world was good. We didn't had a RAD, but we had good compilers, debuggers, source navigation tools and very good programming text editors.

It was around that time that I knew Linux and started migrating.

pjmlp

3 months ago

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I rather use something like this than Electron crap.

sharts

2 months ago

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Sadly you are in the minority. Kids these days haven’t experienced anything but bloated software their whole lives. Latency has no meaning for them

pjmlp

2 months ago

I may be, however most of those kids are actually using tablets, which adds another vector to the whole perception problematic.

Still, I try to do my little part, with exception of VSCode, given some SDK requirements that I don't control, anything Electron based only has a place on a browser tab on my personal computers.

nurettin

3 months ago

Think of it like this: Delphi's existence is a reminder that people will regress to the comfort of windows if they find a tool "that just works", is fast, efficient and native.

It is a reminder that these properties are to be taken seriously.

pjmlp

3 months ago

Looks quite nice.

rsecora

3 months ago

And with LLM Support: OpenAI, Gemini, DeepSeek, Grok and local LLM models using Ollama.

vader_n

2 months ago

Nothing beats Spyder IDE.

Neywiny

3 months ago

This is windows only, yes? I used Altium which is also Delphi I think and it's the only other software I've known to use it (though haven't extensively checked) and we need to just not

diegof79

3 months ago

Oh, the nostalgia! Looking at the project felt like taking a trip in a time machine: the blog on Blogspot, the release files on SourceForge, the use of Delphi, and the screenshots reminiscent of typical 2000s IDEs.

It is not a criticism. The challenging task of creating an IDE deserves a lot of respect. I’m just surprised by the tech choices.

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