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This tutorial is a short Hello World tutorial on setting up the free IDE Eclipse w/ Pydev extension on the Intel Mac OSX. Shows you how to quickly setup and get running.

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43. Newbie2010 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:55

Hey this little video is still being helpful to the folks!

I just used it today to setup eclipse for python on my mac after a night of !@#@.

42. Sun, 17 Jan 2010 08:36

thanks a lot, very well explained and useful !!

41. anonymous Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:45

hi im using Eclipse 3.5.1 but i cant find the option find and install :S where is it

40. anonymous Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:00

Excellent tutorial! Went through the basics, just need an update, but fantastic work!

39. anonymous Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:21

Thanks!! That was very helpful.

38. anonymous Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:59

I'm using Eclipse platform 3.5.1 on OS X 10.5.8, a few commands have changed but this tutorial was very helpful... Great job.

37. anonymous Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:56

Thank you!

36. anonymous Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:17

thank you!

35. anonymous Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:31

Thanks a lot!

I am new to Python, programming...everything it seems and your video greatly aided me in overcoming this very steep learning curve to get started!

Great job with the video!

34. anonymous Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:53

Thanks for the quick overview of setting up PyDev on the Mac.

33. anonymous Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:45

Very nice and it did allow me to start quickly firing python code.

Thank you very much

32. anonymous Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:58

clean and concise. Good job. You might mention where one should go from here. How do I make applications that DON't run in just the Eclipse console? Can apps be created to run from the Mac's menu bar? Is a browser required? etc...

31. anonymous Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:30

Hey it was a nice and easy video. One tip, fast forward anything that has loading on it. Unless I realllly needed to setup eclipse, I probably would have bolted from the video mid-loading screen.

Any tips on how to make eclipse/pydev Google App Engine smart?

Thanks!!!

30. anonymous Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:23

Very helpful in getting setup with a python debugging environment!

29. anonymous Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:36

Great Intro thx!

28. anonymous Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:04

go!

27. anonymous Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:04

go!

26. enrique.a.gamez Sat, 06 Jun 2009 17:04

I am a Mac / Python enthusiast, trying to learn Python for use in Maya (in the graphics industry). I went through the Eclipse 3.4.1 install, but not all screens appear as they do in your tutorial which is expected. You may find me on your forum, once I find it, asking questions soon. Please, more Python tuts for Mac newbies!

-enrique

25. anonymous Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:15

Thanks brother! Your tutorial got me up and running perfectly. Exactly what I needed. I'd never used either Eclipse or Python before today and was able to get both installs working and running "hello world".

24. anonymous Fri, 22 May 2009 22:41

Good getting started tutorial.

Should have continued to include debugging (setting breakpoints and single stepping) or included a link to a debugging video.

23. anonymous Thu, 21 May 2009 21:40

Eclipse looks powerful and I'm excited about trying it out with Python. But the learning curve looks steep. Thanks for making it a little shallower.

22. anonymous Wed, 20 May 2009 09:21

Excellent.

21. anonymous Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:12

Useful.

20. anonymous Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:38

Very helpful for a newbie to Python.. And I happen to be new to Mac OS X too. (Been a long time user of Windows).

19. anonymous Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:11

Thank you

18. anonymous Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:28

Thanks for the vid, Rob! I'm a newb running MacPython to create my first prototype and have had some issues with the regular IDLE and Editra environs. So its great to find freeware that has similar functionality to commercial products. I look forward to more.

17. anonymous Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:32

Hey, thanks!

16. anonymous Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:58

Good video, only tip, a little to quick in some areas, had to stop and rewind a little. Factor in some pauses to allow for catch-up.

15. anonymous Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:35

I would like to see more of anything regarding the macintosh.

14. anonymous Sun, 20 Jan 2008 14:36

It is really very nice from you to take the time to record this useful video. Thanks a lot!

Jorge

13. anonymous Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:44

Covers installation of eclipse and pydev on MacOS X.

Shows the creation of a simple project with a Hello world script.

12. anonymous Mon, 18 Jun 2007 17:39

Thanks for the demo!!!

11. anonymous Thu, 31 May 2007 13:29

Hi Robert, thanks for this couple of minutes that saved me hours of try`n`tests ;).

Good luck and keep up good work!

10. anonymous Sat, 26 May 2007 14:52

So helpful! This is exactly what I needed. Thanks.

9. JRC Wed, 23 May 2007 19:59

Thanks for the video, I will give it a try.

8. anonymous Fri, 18 May 2007 11:54

Good video helped me install pydev on a PC too, never mind my Mac. Good work. Alan G.

7. Ryan Galbraith, GISP Fri, 11 May 2007 12:19

Very helpful. It is too bad I didn't see this video after my 30 minutes trying to install Pydev on my own.

6. anonymous Thu, 10 May 2007 16:14

Definitely a helpful video to get me up and running with Pydev loaded into Eclipse. I was actually using a windows platform. Things aren't exactly the same but they are close enough to help out people on all platforms. Thank you for your effort!

5. fabiofz Thu, 10 May 2007 12:10

Nice Video ;-)

Just as a note... to run it, you can just press F9 instead of going to the run menu (and you can re-run the last run with Ctrl+F11)

4. anonymous Sat, 28 Apr 2007 19:57

Thanks, this got me up and going in about 5 minutes. Before this I didn't know about pyDev. Excellent!

3. anonymous Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:34

Lucas,

Thank you so much for the nice comment, don't forget to vote!

2. Lucas Holland Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:07

Very nice video - informative and very easy to follow! Excellent work!

ketanjoshi Fri, 27 Apr 2007 04:42

Very Good vedio...Thanks!!!

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I'm using Eclipse platform 3.5.1 on OS X 10.5.8, a few commands have changed but this tutorial was very helpful... Great job.

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thank you!

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