How can I use meta-dot (M-.) in python with emacs?

Question

Is there an equivalent of slime for python?

For example, if I position the cursor on foo() and do M-. (jump to definition) I would like to see the source definition of

Answer 1

Most of the answers mentioned here are outdated. A simple solution is to use elpy for M-. without etags(which requires additional work).

Install elpy as mentioned here.

M-x package-install elpy

and then install python packages

$ sudo pip install rope jedi

Restart emacs , open any python file and run M-.

Elpy is fully documented, you can read about M-. here.