IDLE vs. Wing Python IDE vs. pywinauto vs. scikit-image Comparison Chart

IDLE is Python’s Integrated Development and Learning Environment. IDLE has the following features: - coded in 100% pure Python, using the tkinter GUI toolkit - cross-platform: works mostly the same on Windows, Unix, and macOS - Python shell window (interactive interpreter) with colorizing of code input, output, and error messages - multi-window text editor with multiple undo, Python colorizing, smart indent, call tips, auto completion, and other features - search within any window, replace within editor windows, and search through multiple files (grep) - debugger with persistent breakpoints, stepping, and viewing of global and local namespaces - configuration, browsers, and other dialogs

pywinauto is a set of python modules to automate the Microsoft Windows GUI. At its simplest it allows you to send mouse and keyboard actions to Windows dialogs and controls. pywinauto can be installed with pip and conda. Python is a great programming language, but there are no automation tools that were Pythonic (very few libraries were implemented in Python). The very first necessary thing is to determine which accessibility technology (pywinauto’s backend) could be used for your application. First, you should start your application or connect to an existing app instance. It can be done with an application object. It’s a core concept for the high-level pywinauto API. You are able to describe any window or control approximately or in more detail even if it doesn’t exist yet or is already closed. Window specification also keeps the information about the matching/search algorithms that will be used to get a real window or control.