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"Wing IDE is very intuitive, yet filled with so many features
I feel like an kid in a candy store."
-- David A. Taylor, PhD
Wing IDE is available in three product levels
that differ in their feature sets. Select one to see the details:
 | Editor |
 Native GUI on OS X, Windows, and Linux |  Syntax highlights Python and 60+ languages |
| VI/Vim key bindings | Emacs key bindings |
| Visual Studio style key bindings | Eclipse style key bindings |
| XCode key bindings | OS X style key bindings |
| Brief key bindings | Customize key bindings |
| Smart indentation and indent guides | Adapts to file indent and EOL style |
| Block commenting | Rectangular and line selection |
| Select more/less | Select statement, block, or scope |
| Multiple selections | Brace matching |
| Visible white space | Detect and load external changes |
| Drag and lock editor splits & tabs | Print file or selection |
| Highlight caret line | Auto-save and restore |
| Show line numbers | Code folding |
| Auto-editing | Set and traverse bookmarks |
| Keyboard and command macros | Inline snippets integrated with auto-completer |
| Django template snippets |
 | Code Intelligence |
| Goto-definition | Source index menus |
| Quick keyboard navigation to files and symbols | Auto-indent |
| Converts indents and EOL on paste | Code-aware line wrapping |
| Error indicators | Scans for sys.path changes in main debug file |
| Auto-completion for Python and extension modules | Enhanced auto-completion for PyQt, PySide, and wxPython |
| Word list driven auto-completion for other file types | Call tips & documentation (Source Assistant) |
| Indentation translator | Class browser |
| Module browser | Current file browser |
| Links into docs.python.org | Find points of use |
| Refactoring | Optional Turbo completion mode for Python |
 | Debugger |
| GUI, Web, and embedded debugging | Exception traceback reporting |
| View stack, locals/globals, and return value | Integrated debug process I/O |
| Native console I/O option | Multi-threaded debugging |
| Remote debugging | Debug value tooltips |
| Detect unhandled exceptions | Works with Django, web2py, Flask, Plone, and many others |
| Alter debug data values | Interactive debug probe with code intelligence |
| Multi-process debugging | Automatic child process debugging |
| Move Program Counter | Convenient Restart Debugging tool |
| Named Entry Points | Launch Configurations |
| Watch values and expressions | Track values by reference |
| Conditional breakpoints | Ignore-counted breakpoints |
| Enable/disable breakpoints | Breakpoint manager |
| Process attach/detach | Inspect sys.modules |
| Debug Django template files | matplotlib mainloop support |
 | Unit Testing |
| Select test files by pattern or name | Execute tests and view results |
| Debug tests | Supports unittest style tests |
| Supports doctest style tests | Supports nose style tests |
| Supports Django tests | Persists test results in the project |
| Save/Load Test results | Copy result summary to clipboard |
 | Revision Control |
| Subversion integration | CVS integration |
| Mercurial integration | Bazaar integration |
| Git integration | Perforce integration |
| Diff/Merge tool |
 | Search Interfaces |
| Basic search | Toolbar quick search |
| Search in Selection | Keyboard-driven mini-search |
| Project-wide search | Regex and wild card search |
| Search Wing IDE documentation | Search on disk |
 | Project Manager |
| Project creation by type | Add files or directories |
| Auto-updates with disk contents | File management in project view |
| Configure Python version and path | Configure environment |
| Line ending and indent policies | Django project setup tools |
 | Other Features |
| Integrated Python shell with code intelligence | Customizable user interface layout and colors |
| Create multiple tool instances | Drag and drop tools and editors |
| Graphical preferences editor | Integrated documentation, How-Tos, and tutorial |
| Supports most versions of CPython | Supports Stackless Python |
| Supports 32-bit and 64-bit Python builds | Supports debug builds of Python |
| Supports cygwin Python | Supports code in zip archives and eggs |
| Supports code in buildouts | Supports virtualenv |
| Integrated feedback / bug reporting | Automatic patch / update manager |
| French GUI Localization | German GUI Localization |
| PyLint integration | OS commands tool |
| Perspectives | Extend IDE with Python scripting |
| Available product source code |
