Python, IDEs, and Drones

Python is a very popular programming language with adoption and advocacy from many corporations, and large factions of open source programmers using it extensively.  However, in the world of "corporate drone programming", it is still pretty niche. 

Have a look at this indication of popularity among programming languages:
TIOBE Programming Community Index

One thing I like about Python is the simpilcity it strives for.  I find myself writing all my code in SciTE, a simple text editor; rather than a full blown IDE.

I always looked at this is a strong point for dynamic languages.

Over in the cult of corporate drone programmers, static languages (C++, C#, Java) are the norm, and life is spent inside an IDE.


from Robert on comp.lang.python:

"Flat Web/DB programming is one major field where programmer masses are born.  The other big one is RAD-GUI/DB programming. This field is probably still wide open. Best tooled Borland RAD systems are going down meanwhile because of the stiff compiler language. Programmers look around for the next language & toolset. Python is the language - but with Python there is again a similar confusion around IDE's and GUI-libs. There is no really good IDE (but fat ones). And the major gui libs there are not Python, but are fat sickening layers upon layers upon other OO-langs."

Not that I necesarilly want Python to become the next default language for drones, but it makes me think about further adaption and mainstreamability of Python and other dynamic languages (which typically aren't as well suited to the features of many IDEs)