I occasionally get some questions about how I do my python development and though I would share it.

For my main IDE on my windows box I use Eclipse with the PyDev module installed:

http://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/pydev-python-ide-eclipse

Since most of my development is on Linux, I have the Remote System Explorer plugin installed which lets me create and edit files on our linux server over sftp like they were local to my workstation:

http://help.eclipse.org/galileo/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.rse.doc.user/gettingstarted/g1installing.html

Last but not least, I installed Eclipse Color Theme which is an easy way to install themes for eclipse:

http://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/eclipse-color-theme

I even when an made a theme (kind of Borland blue, not shown above) you can download here:

http://www.eclipsecolorthemes.org/?view=theme&id=4514