[NFBCS] Accessible Python Editor?

[Greg Wocher]

Hello,
On Windows I would recommend VS code with the Microsoft python extension. It works really well. On Mac I use emacs with Emacspeak. On the Mac I use emacs with Emacspeak because right now it is the best way to get the speaking of indentation levels. 

Greg Wocher


> On Jul 26, 2020, at 4:58 PM, Vincent Martin via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I mostly use VS code at work as well and I can use it for Python.  Depending upon your career trajectories, you should look into as many platforms as possible though.  I've had differing les of access to code and editors since the late 1980's, so I can work in the Unix, Linix, Windows, IOS, and Android environments just by changing machines or running a virtual machine.
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> From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Justin Ekis via NFBCS
> Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2020 1:59 PM
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> Cc: Justin Ekis <justin at ekis.us>
> Subject: Re: [NFBCS] Accessible Python Editor?
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> Hi there. 
> 
> I have heard from several reliable sources that Visual Studio code is accessible. I've taken a look at it, and it does seem to be at first glance. I'm just getting started myself, and don't have direct experience, but I trust the folks who told me. 
> 
> Hope this helps, 
> 
> Justin. 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Jul 26, 2020, at 12:50 PM, Kelly via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello,
>>    I am about to graduate from the Colorado Center for the Blind, and will be heading off to college for a computer science degree this fall. The professor of CS-111 (my first formal course in the field) will be using Python as the teaching language. I have been playing with Python since seventh grade, but I was content to use a very basic editor on my iPad, which will not work here because I will be required to import additional libraries and I prefer editing on the computer anyway.
>>    I experimented with NotePad++, but ran into problems when attempting to run my Python files. For now, I am running them with the command line and using a different cursor to explore the output, but that only works some of the time. Do any of you know of a reliable and accessible platform that can edit (or at least run) .py files? It would be great if the program could handle other languages like Java and C++, but it's not a requirement just yet. Thank you for any input!
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>> Kelly Cusack
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