Eric vs LabWindows/CVI
Eric
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| Figure | Eric | LabWindows/CVI |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 3 |
| Spec score · IDE Software | 8.4 (#12) | 7.4 (#36) |
| Development tools | Eric includes a class browser, project wide search and replace, a Python debugger, profiling, code coverage, code checking, task management, and unittest support. | Its integrated workspace supports project management, source editing and debugging, user interface creation, and testing code output and performance. |
| Support | The maker provides user questions and answers, an issue tracker link, and a mailing list link. | NI lists downloads, product documentation, discussion forums, product activation, and service requests among its support resources; a valid service agreement may be required for technical support. |
Plans
LabWindows/CVI
- Debug deployment licensePriced on request
- LabWindows/CVI BasePriced on request
- LabWindows/CVI FullPriced on request
In their own words
Eric
Eric is a Python editor and IDE based on Qt and Scintilla, intended for quick edits as well as project management. Its current stable version, eric7, is based on PyQt6, Qt6 and Python 3. Editing tools include syntax highlighting, autocompletion, calltips, source folding, brace matching, error highlighting and project-wide search and replace. For development, it includes a Python debugger with multi-thread and multiprocessing support, profiling, code coverage, code checking, task management and unittest support. Core plugins provide interfaces for Mercurial, Subversion and Git repositories, and users can load further extensions from its Plugin Repository. Python tools include pip and virtual environment management and an interactive shell; rope refactoring is available as an optional plugin. Eric also lists chat and a shared editor as cooperation functions. It runs on Linux, macOS and Windows, and can be installed through PyPI or a distribution archive. The maker recommends installation in a Python virtual environment, and directs Windows users to a ZIP archive. It is free, with no price or usage limits stated.
LabWindows/CVI
LabWindows/CVI has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.