topic Re: What is immediate mode? in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/what-is-immediate-mode/m-p/164634#M12628 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>If you have a python editor open and run a command like</P><P>&gt;&gt;&gt; import arcpy</P><P>That is immediate model.&nbsp; That differs from loading a script, and running a script that has that same line in it</P><P>I have 3 incarnations open.&nbsp; ArcGIS Pro's builtin python interface, Spyder's IPython command line window and a standalone script.</P><P>Depending on what I am doing I can use several of these to process work.&nbsp; Working with an external IDE like Spyder allows you to connect with ArcMap or Pro easily while doing pure python related stuff at the same time.&nbsp; here is an image</P><P></P><P><IMG alt="" class="image-1 jive-image j-img-original" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/347256_Spyder_IDE.png" style="width: 620px; height: 281px;" /></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 20 Apr 2017 08:02:00 GMT DanPatterson_Retired 2017-04-20T08:02:00Z What is immediate mode? https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/what-is-immediate-mode/m-p/164633#M12627 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello all</P><P></P><P>I am seeing in several places in the Esri documentation things like:</P><P><SPAN style="color: #4d4d4d; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 12.8px;">The following Python window script demonstrates how to use the SelectLayerByAttribute function in immediate mode.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="color: #4d4d4d; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 12.8px;"><A class="link-titled" href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//001700000071000000" title="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//001700000071000000">ArcGIS Help 10.1</A>&nbsp;- &gt;&nbsp;</SPAN>Select Layer By Attribute (Data Management)</P><P></P><P>What is immediate mode and what other modes are there?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 20 Apr 2017 07:30:23 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/what-is-immediate-mode/m-p/164633#M12627 JohnSolly 2017-04-20T07:30:23Z Re: What is immediate mode? https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/what-is-immediate-mode/m-p/164634#M12628 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>If you have a python editor open and run a command like</P><P>&gt;&gt;&gt; import arcpy</P><P>That is immediate model.&nbsp; That differs from loading a script, and running a script that has that same line in it</P><P>I have 3 incarnations open.&nbsp; ArcGIS Pro's builtin python interface, Spyder's IPython command line window and a standalone script.</P><P>Depending on what I am doing I can use several of these to process work.&nbsp; Working with an external IDE like Spyder allows you to connect with ArcMap or Pro easily while doing pure python related stuff at the same time.&nbsp; here is an image</P><P></P><P><IMG alt="" class="image-1 jive-image j-img-original" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/347256_Spyder_IDE.png" style="width: 620px; height: 281px;" /></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 20 Apr 2017 08:02:00 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/what-is-immediate-mode/m-p/164634#M12628 DanPatterson_Retired 2017-04-20T08:02:00Z Re: What is immediate mode? https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/what-is-immediate-mode/m-p/164635#M12629 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks Dan! Makes sense.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 20 Apr 2017 08:27:59 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/what-is-immediate-mode/m-p/164635#M12629 JohnSolly 2017-04-20T08:27:59Z