Hands on: open-source scripting environment Komodo Edit 4.3 (ars technica)

After reading this article I was a bit curious. I tried PyDev as Python IDE earlier, but then
stuck with GNU Emacs, which did serve me well in the past.

Now I gave OpenKomodo a try. Compiling from source takes ages, because it is based on Mozilla.
Something I can live with though.
The build system is a bit weird, non-standard and does not allow one to install the
application somewhere. Running in-place is supported though.

Personally I have to say it is a bit bloated and misses a few features that actually would
make me use an IDE instead of Emacs: No version control support is probably the best example.

I also gave PIDA a try and was impressed. A blog post containing my observations can be found
at http://www.sp.or.at/blog/2008/03/19/python-ides-tested/. If you are looking for a Python
IDE you might want to read that post.