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Re: Show HN: Python Tools for Visual Studio

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Post by smortaz »

Hi folks, if you happen to be on Windows & enjoy Python, please check out our latest release of PTVS. It's a free/OSS plug-in for VS which supports CPython, IronPython, and the usual Edit/Debug/Profile/etc. now with Django & Client Libs for Linux & MacOS as well. Another cool feature we've added is the Parallel Stack / Watch view and Django template intellisense/debugging.

Disclaimer: PTVS is built by few Python/OSS enthusiasts at msft & I'll be around in case people have any questions!

Cheers.

Re: Show HN: Python Tools for Visual Studio

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Post by smortaz »

theboywho wrote: post #3

Why is the photo hosted at imgur ? http://i.imgur.com/tyvjN.png

You know, I don't have a good answer... I was going to host it on another page on codeplex, but my teammate insisted on something w a direct link & no misc. stuff around it. I'll use your comment & tell him "Seeee!" :).

Re: Show HN: Python Tools for Visual Studio

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Post by smortaz »

borplk wrote: post #5

Cool! Pardon my ignorance, but can this be used as a decent Python IDE? Or does it have a more specific/narrow use case?

It really depends on your definition of decent :). It's built on on VS, so if you're looking for something extremely lightweight (eg editor++) this isn't it. OTOH, it has many advanced features such as really good intellisense, MPI debugging, inline graphics, integrated IPython, Profiling, etc etc. I'd take a look at the videos on the page & decide for yourself. This should give u a basic idea: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CoGsSlrxKk&hd=1 ; more videos on the project home page at http://pytools.codeplex.com

edit: missing link.

Re: Show HN: Python Tools for Visual Studio

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Post by kami8845 »

One of the few times I've felt jealous as a Linux user :)

Really cool, I love the

  a={2:42}
  a.values()[0].
example. What are the limitations of such a system in Python? Are there cases where it can be wrong? Can you reveal some more info on how this stuff works under the hood? Do you execute parts of the code or how do you figure these relationships out?

Thank you, it's pretty inspirational in regards to how programming in Python could look like

Re: Show HN: Python Tools for Visual Studio

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Post by briancurtin »

PTVS in VS2012 paired up with ViEmu is probably my favorite setup, although I still use plain-old-vim fairly often.

I've spent a lot of time in Visual Studio over the years and have come to really like it when I'm doing C/C++/C#, so when this first came out I jumped all over it. The recently added feature of creating a project from existing code is pretty sharp, and removes the need for a third-party "explorer" plugin.

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