   Problem using Idle for python
  Hi there,i've not long downloaded python and using the idle gui i am going through the tutorials, and when im typing in code and then go to run the program it wont load and comes up with a socket error : connection refused, i have to go into task manager to end process pythonw.exe and then reload it again for it to work, is there any other way to fix this problem as it is quite irritating to having to keep closing and opening the program all the time.Thanks   
  It sounds like some of the tutorial programs you're running may not be terminating properly.   ;  Also IDLE makes a connection to itself on the loopback 127.0.0.1. Do you have any kind of firewall software installed? This might prevent IDLE from working properly if it's refusing to allow connections to 127.0.0.1.   ;  Idle is pretty crappy. I found that whenever I use it and my code doesn't terminate correctly or hangs, it (Idle) will do the same. Solution: text editor + .py file association + double click. By the way boo(.codehaus.org) owns python.   ;Quote:Original post by Pipo DeClownBy the way boo(.codehaus.org) owns python.I disagree. Boo is compiled, so it has a leg-up on execution speed, but as far as ease of development... python owns boo.;  Well I use PythonWin instead of Idle or a txt file. So I write my program is a script window, save it, open the file I saved it in and run it from there. I haven't gotten any problems from doing that so far.   