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Integrated development environment
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Personally, I use my preferred editor `emacs` and the improved interactive environment
`ipython` for the design and test of the scripts; the actual tutorial assumes this working
style. You can of course use any text editor you like. You might consider also one of
the following alternatives to (editor and `ipython` shell):

   * `spyder <http://packages.python.org/spyder/>`_ (similar to the Matlab-environment)
   * `ipython notebook <http://ipython.org/notebook.html>`_ (Notebook similar in style to Mathematica)
   * `eric   <http://eric-ide.python-projects.org/index.html>`_ (similar to the Eclipse-environment)
   * `PyCharm <http://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/>`_ (another python IDE)

The latter two are not specially focussed on scientific computing.


.. warning::
   Please be aware that the *only* supported setup on the exam computers consists
   of an editor (probably `gedit`) and the `ipython` interpreter running in a shell.
   Hence you should be familiar with that too. Other tools might or might not be
   installed and their use is at your own risk.