How do I get python to work with aptana studio?
I've downloaded a bunch of stuff, but none of them seem to give me a straight text editor where I can interpret code into an executable type thing. I know there's interactive mode in IDLE, but I want to actually use an editor. So I downloaded the pydev extensions for Aptana studio, but it wants me to configure a python interpreter (so I guess it actually doesn't have one). Where can I find a straight python interpreter that will work with this? or another IDE?
It's easier than you think. First, there's a version of python on your machine by default. It's kind of out of date, though.
MacPorts is a nice method to get lots of good stuff.
ActiveState has a Python Mac package downloadable for free.
Python.org will lead you to some other options as well.