<type>wingtip</type>
<domain>debug</domain>
<id>interactive-shells</id>
<title>Interactive Python Development</title>
<date>$Date$</date>
<version>$Revision$</version>
<product>pro+</product>

Wing provides two ways to work with Python interactively:

The **Python Shell** tool lets you try out code as you write it. The ``Evaluate`` items in
the ``Source`` menu or editor's right-click context menu can be used to evaluate selected
files and ranges of code, or set an active range from the top right of the tool. See
`Python Shell <ref:debug/python-shell>`__ for details.

The **Debug Console** tool runs your commands inside the current debug stack frame. This can
be used to diagnose a problem or design a fix within the actual runtime context it is
being designed for. See `Debug Console <ref:debug/debug-console>`__ for details.

You can create as many instances of these tools as you wish, by right-clicking or using
the options drop down in the tool tabs area.
