# Python Processing in own IDLE

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/python-processing-in-own-idle/1319>\
**Category:** Processing.py\
**Created:** [June 27, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/python-processing-in-own-idle/1319 "2018-06-27T18:57:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![KeirMeDear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@KeirMeDear](https://discourse.processing.org/u/KeirMeDear)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/python-processing-in-own-idle/1319/1 "2018-06-27T18:57:10Z")

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I just wondered if there was a way that I could write/run python processing sketches in an IDLE instead of the default processing IDLE (for example Sublime, Atom, etc).

Many thanks!

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**Author:** ![josephh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/josephh/32/210_2.png) [@josephh](https://discourse.processing.org/u/josephh)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2018, 10:44am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/python-processing-in-own-idle/1319/2 "2018-10-30T10:44:08Z")

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Hello,

Sublime and Atom are just text editors and it’s different from an IDE where you can compile and run some code.  
So you can’t run python code from a text editor.

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**Author:** ![monkstone](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/monkstone/32/64_2.png) [@monkstone](https://discourse.processing.org/u/monkstone)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2018, 12:11pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/python-processing-in-own-idle/1319/3 "2018-10-30T12:11:35Z")

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You can run code from atom with script plugin!!!

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**Author:** ![josephh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/josephh/32/210_2.png) [@josephh](https://discourse.processing.org/u/josephh)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2018, 12:16pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/python-processing-in-own-idle/1319/4 "2018-10-30T12:16:12Z")

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@monkstone  
Oh ok, so it’s not just a text editor