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PyScripter
originally started as a lightweight IDE designed to to serve the purpose of
providing a strong scripting solution for Delphi applications, complementing
the excellent
Python
for Delphi
(P4D) components. However, and with the encouragement of the P4D creator
Morgan Martinez and a few early users, it has now evolved into a full-featured
stand-alone Python IDE. It is built in
Delphi
using P4D and the
SynEdit
component but is extensible using Python scripts. Currently, it is only
available for Microsoft Windows operating systems and features a modern
user-interface. Being built in a compiled language is rather snappier than some
of the other IDEs 
and provides an extensive blend of
features
that make it a productive Python development environment.
and provides an extensive blend of
features
that make it a productive Python development environment.
Why yet
another Python IDE?
There are
many
Python
Integrated Development Environments around. And quite a few good ones,
for example Spyder,
SPE
and
Eric3,
not to mention IDLE which is included in the standard Python distribution.
So it is reasonable to ask why bother to develop yet another Python IDE.
The short answer is for the fun of it! The long answer relates to the
ambition to create a Python IDE that is competitive with commercial Windows-based
IDEs available for other languages.