My first article on Pynk, my experimental Python IDE, is up on DevX http://www.devx.com/TabletPC/Article/26666.  The preliminary version of Pynk is available for download and can be used to work interactively with IronPython on the Tablet PC.

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Optional static typing has long been requested as a Python feature. It's been studied in depth before (e.g. on the type-sig) but has proven too hard for even a PEP to appear. In this post I'm putting together my latest thoughts on some issues, without necessarily hoping to …

Ah. Within Internet Explorer, you go to "Tools | Internet Options | Advanced" and clear the checkbox for "Disable script debugging." Then, within your JavaScript, you add the statement "debugging;" to activate a breakpoint. This should help things considerably...