Movable Python

Movable Python represents a portable distribution of Python that comes loaded with standard text processing settings to help you easily write code in this particular programming language. It offers support for Python 2.5.

Portability advantages

Since there is no setup pack involved, you can drop the program files in any part of the hard drive and just click the executable to launch Movable Python.
Otherwise, you can move it to a pen drive or other removable mass storage device, in order to run it on any PC with minimum effort and no previous installers.
More importantly, unlike most installers, this tool doesn't modify Windows registry settings or create extra files on the disk without your permission, thus leaving no traces behind after its removal.

Simple interface and options

The GUI is user-friendly, represented by a normal window with a plain and simple structure, where you can open existing Python projects and text files (.py, .pyw, .txt) or start writing new ones from scratch.
It is possible to undo and redo actions, use a search function to locate text within the file or across multiple files, show code completion or surrounding parentheses, expand words, restart the shell, jump to a particular line or file, as well as use a debugger.
The software utility also lets you customize fonts and tabs, modify the default source encoding mode, add extra help sources, as well as set custom highlighting and key bindings. It can open the edit or shell window at startup.

Evaluation and conclusion

We haven't come across any stability issues in our tests, thanks to the fact that Movable Python didn't hang, crash or pop up error messages. It has a good response time and minimal impact on computer performance, thanks to the fact that it needs low CPU and RAM to work properly.
Although it's not filled with rich features or customization preferences, Movable Python offers a simple and portable solution to working with Python projects.