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Thonny for Mac

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Thonny for Mac is a beginner-friendly Python IDE (Integrated Development Environment) that allows users with little to no programming knowledge to start their first step on the road of mastering the Python programming language.

Built from the ground up by the developer Aivar Annamaa, this education tool is regarded as one of the best tools for teachers to provide their students with the streamlined and uncluttered programming environment for learning fundamentals of programming, slowly expanding their coding and problem-solving capabilities, and getting them ready to tackle more complicated programming tasks.

The cornerstone of this programming environment is Thonny’s editor that features a barren user interface that promotes the bare minimum of tools, and a wide variety of background services that can enable novices to accelerate their learning and optimize their workflow before they move to some other more IDE platform that caters the need of enthusiasts and professionals.

Thonny for macOS is distributed online as a standalone automated installer that will deploy on a Mac everything that is needed for learning the basics of Python programming.

Even the automated installer is simplified to eliminate the chance of overwhelming novices during its short procedure of getting the app ready for first use.

Once inside the app, students will have to get used to a very simple user interface that promotes fast and easy learning.
  • No-hassle variables
  • Simple debugger
  • Step through expression evaluation
  • Faithful representation of function calls
  • Highlights syntax errors
  • Explains scopes
Thonny app promotes the use of no-hassle variables, an advanced debugger that can perform step-by-step debugging where students can learn to better follow program structure, how to step through expression evaluation, how to handle function calls, and more.

Coding is simplified with automatic highlighting of syntax error, code completion, and highlighting differences between global and local variables.

Also included are support for beginner-friendly system shell for installing extra packages, and plug-in compatibility for uploading code to several online destinations, and even mod for a dark GUI theme.

Thonny is 100% FREE and can be easily installed with the help of an automated installer on macOS.

Alternatives

Spyder - IDE tailored for scientific computing.

Sublime Text - Lightweight editor with Python plugins.

Eclipse IDE - Python support in Eclipse.

Wing IDE - Python-focused development environment.

PROS
  • Beginner-Friendly Interface
  • Built-In Debugging Tools
  • Lightweight and Fast
  • Integrated Python Shell
  • Simplified Virtual Environments
CONS
  • Limited Advanced Features
  • Basic Code Editing Options
  • Not Ideal for Large Projects
  • No Built-In Version Control
  • Fewer Extensions Available
Also Available: Download Thonny for Windows

Download Thonny for Mac Latest Version
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What's new in this version:

Breaking changes:
- Upgrade bundled Python version to 3.14. This means the Windows installer now requires at least Window 10 and macOS installer requires at least Catalina! Python 3.8 is still supported, so in principle you can use this version in Windows 7, but you wouldn't gain much over 4.1.7.
- Stop publishing binaries for Linux, #3210. The Linux installation script now creates a private venv (based on system python3) for Thonny even in x84_64.
- Stop publishing XXL bundle as it is not trivial to prepare bundles for all popular architectures while making sure there are no version conflicts between the large number of packages. For teachers who relied on the XXL bundle, the work-around is to prepare a suitable requirements.txt, which can be used as input in Thonny's package manager.
- Start publishing separate installers for Intel and Arm Macs
- Stop publishing installers for 32-bit Windows
- Start publishing installers for Arm-Windows
- "For all users" installation in Windows now ends up in "C:Program Files" instead of earlier "C:Program Files (x86)"

Other changes and fixes:
- By default, Tk file dialogs are now used instead of Zenity in Linux (uncheck "Tools => Options => Use Tk file dialogs instead of Zenity" to revert this choice)
- Add support for Python 3.11, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14, 3.15
- Fix macOS crash when opening package selection dialog
- Check if in virtual environment on boot,
- Add Python coloring for pyx-files,
- Use subprocess.CREATE_NO_WINDOW when creating subprocess in Windows,
- Allow stopping auto-scroll in Shell by scrolling up,
- Get rid of a find-replace warning,
- Add support for newer setuptools versions
- Add support for newer Tkinter versions
- Upgrade several bundled dependencies (Pylint, Mypy, esptool, etc.)
- Add Arabic, Bulgarian, Hindi, Indonesian, Icelandic and Malayalam translation. Update several other translations. Thanks for all contributors!
- Make flashing dialogs support more families

Regressions fixed:
- Fix broken GUI entry script (most relevant in Linux, ~/apps/thonny/bin/thonny now works again)
- Fix sending file paths as arguments to Windows Thonny launcher
- Fix clipboard management in Windows
- Fix "There is no current event loop in thread 'MainThread'" error in UF2 dialog in Linux

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