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py5 mode plugin for Thonny

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thonny-py5mode

A py5 plug-in for Thonny

Use the Thonny Python IDE as a Processing PDE alternative for creative coding. Thonny-py5mode is a plug-in that installs and configures Thonny for use with py5, a Python (3.8+) framework that leverages Processing's core libraries.

Instructions

If you already have some version of Thonny that includes Python 3.8+ on your computer, you can skip straight to step 4.

  1. Download and install the -alt version of the Thonny IDE (for Python 3.9 support) from: https://github.com/thonny/thonny/releases/tag/v3.3.7

  2. Start Thonny. If you're running it for the first time, just accept the Standard settings.

  3. Once Thonny is open, select Tools > Manage plugins...

    Then search for and install thonny-py5mode plug-in --

    You must restart Thonny after this step.

  4. When you've restarted Thonny, select py5 > Imported mode for py5 --

    This will download, extract, and set up JDK-11 for you (if you need to know: the plug-in installs JDK in the Thonny user-config directory). Thonny only needs to download JDK the first time you switch to imported mode. Thonny will appear to freeze for a while when it's downloading JDK (I have plans to develop a proper progress indicator later).

    You'll be notified once the download is done --

  5. This step is optional. There are several Thonny settings that I recommend you apply for working with py5 (including a Processing 4 inspired theme, Kyanite). You can apply those settings in one simple step using py5 > Apply recommended py5 settings

  6. When the py5 Imported mode for py5 option is checked, Thonny will run your code (using py5's run_sketch command line tool) --

    Try out an imported mode sketch using the green play button (or the F5 or Ctrl+R keyboard shortcuts).

    def setup():
        size(300, 200)
        rect_mode(CENTER)
    
    def draw():
        rect(mouse_x, mouse_y, 10, 10)
    

    NOTE: This mode also runs static mode sketches (when you don't need a draw() function for animation).

Module Mode Sketches

To run a py5 module mode sketch, deactivate/uncheck py5 > Imported mode for py5 first so that Thonny returns to its normal run behaviour (for running any Python script). As an example, you can try this code:

import py5

def setup():
    py5.size(200, 200)
    py5.rect_mode(py5.CENTER)

def draw():
    py5.square(py5.mouse_x, py5.mouse_y, 10)

py5.run_sketch()

Note that module mode requires an import py5 and run_sketch() line, and py5. prefixes for everything.

Credits

Thanks villares for inspiring me to develop this plug-in, hx2A for the awesome py5 project, and the Thonny folks for their fantastic IDE.

Todo List

This plug-in is still very much a work in progress ... please report issues here.

  • Integrate alpha version py5 (and JDK) installer
  • Display download/installation progress in Thonny (not the terminal) -- so Thonny doesn't appear frozen while when it's downloading JDK
  • Restorable Thonny settings -- restore applied py5 config (themes, etc.) on deactivate
  • Support for non-portable/installed Thonny
  • Support for portable Thonny?
  • Imported mode auto-completion
  • Processing inspired theme for UI
  • Processing inspired theme for syntax
  • Imported mode Syntax highlighting
  • Pop up built-in save dialog for new unsaved files
  • Update instructions/readme
  • Conceal full run_sketch.py run command in Thonny shell?
  • Add Processing.py mode (using py5_tools > translators)?
  • ...

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