Starting from the basic facts:
- you can't always code in pair
- you don't want to compile & tests to check that is fine in the last few line you have just written
- you want to write nice python code
- you want to improve the way you write python
It exists a few very interesting softwares that can help you.
Here is a list of the one I am using really often:
PyFlakes - http://www.divmod.org/projects/pyflakes
PyLint - http://www.logilab.org/view?rql=Any%20X%20WHERE%20X%20eid%20857
These two are nice also but not as good as the previous one:
PyMetrics - http://sourceforge.net/projects/pymetrics
PyChecker - http://pychecker.sourceforge.net/
These tool are directly linked to my favourite editor VI:
command Pyflakes :call Pyflakes()
function! Pyflakes()
let tmpfile = tempname()
execute "w" tmpfile
execute "set makeprg=(pyflakes\\ " . tmpfile . "\\\\\\|sed\\ s@" . tmpfile ."@%@)"
make
cw
endfunction
command Pylint :call Pylint()
function! Pylint()
setlocal makeprg=(echo\ '[%]';\ pylint\ %)
setlocal efm=%+P[%f],%t:\ %#%l:%m
silent make
cwindow
endfunction
And better each time you save your python file in vim , I check for wrong imports with Pyflakes with:
autocmd BufWrite *.{py} :call Pyflakes()