WinPython, a portable scientific Python distribution for Windows(32&64bit)

Following my recent post on a free open-source 64-bit Python distribution for Windows, I was able to create the project (WinPython, "a portable scientific Python distribution for Windows") and write some code to generate a portable Python distribution from scratch (actually from existing distutils packages).

I've just uploaded WinPython v2.7.3.0beta2 for both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows platforms.

WinPython has its SourceForge project and everything is ready for downloads, discussions, bug reports and feature requests.

Enjoy! (I hope)

Spyder v2.1.14 supports Python 3

Spyder v2.1.14 is an experimental release of Spyder which I've been working on lately. Its purpose is to demonstrate the possibility for supporting both Python 2 and Python 3 with a single code base.

Great news: it works!

(and I must admit that it was quite easy and that it took me far less time than expected)

So now you may switch to Python 3 with Spyder at your side.

For example, Windows users may already start working with a full featured scientific Python ecosystem including Spyder thanks to WinPython v3.3 which first beta was released recently. WinPython is now supporting both 32bit and 64bit versions of both Python 2 and Python 3, and all this in a portable way. In other words, with WinPython, you may run four versions of Python on the same machine without any prior configuration and without any interference: fast switching from a Windows-integrated (Windows explorer/registry integration) Python version to another is even possible!

Note that even if  Spyder v2.1.14 supports Python 3, the forthcoming Spyder v2.2 release won't support it: Python 3 support will be officially implemented in Spyder v2.3 which will hopefully be released shortly after v2.2.