Python Tools for Visual Studio

I primarily use Sublime, TextMate or Komodo on Mac for python dev but would love to also use VS. I do run windows and do most dev on that under VS. Maybe one day VS will come to Mac, I know that doesn't follow the platform mission but would get some good traction for Visual Studio going forward and a little fire under Xcode for C/C++ dev on Mac.

At this point both XCode and VS are pretty equal but XCode I also like and have no problem with. Both are unique to the OS though. Both are also extremely bloated but needed for C/C++ dev. Eclipse is also a bit cludgy. That python to native screenshot on the site looks intruiging.

I do use MonoDevelop on Mac for Unity dev and it does support debugging but would love to use VS on Mac one day.

All in all when I do python dev I like less in my IDE at times, just a good autocomplete/intellisense and I usually despise integrated source control into IDEs preferring to do it with outside tools such as terminal/cmd, sourcetree or tortoises. SCM integration in IDEs always seems to kill performance and gets out of sync, especially in the latest MonoDevelop (startup indexing kills the usefulness - http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/356129/monodevelop-perf...).

Re: Python Tools for Visual Studio

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Post by jessaustin » Tue, Jul 02, 2013, 2:08 PM UTC

I chuckled at: "Django (Python's Web Framework)". Someone has missed out on years of hand-wringing about our menagerie of frameworks.

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Post by clone1018 » Tue, Jul 02, 2013, 2:11 PM UTC

pipboy3 wrote: post #3

is there ruby equivalent?

As for an IDE, RubyMine.

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jul 02, 2013, 2:13 PM UTC

pipboy3 wrote: post #3

is there ruby equivalent?

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Post by schrodinger » Tue, Jul 02, 2013, 2:14 PM UTC

drawkbox wrote: post #4

I primarily use Sublime, TextMate or Komodo on Mac for python dev but would love to also use VS. I do run windows and do most dev on that under VS. Maybe one day VS will come to Mac, I know that doesn't follow the platform mission but would get some good traction for Visual Studio going forward and a little fire under Xcode for C/C++ dev on Mac. At this point both XCode and VS are pretty equal but XCode I also like a…

One thing that drives me nuts in Xcode as opposed to VS is that the autocomplete only completes when you hit tab. I want it to compete when I hit a period or a space too like it does in VS! Considering you find them both basically equal, have you found a workaround for this or is it just not frustrating to you?

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Post by CurtHagenlocher » Tue, Jul 02, 2013, 2:16 PM UTC

This doesn't even mention the most awesome feature of PTVS 2.0: mixed-mode debugging, which provides an integrated experience for debugging mixed Python/C processes. See https://pytools.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Mixed-mode%20deb... for details.

Disclaimer: I used to work on IronPython.

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Post by stevoski » Tue, Jul 02, 2013, 2:23 PM UTC

drawkbox wrote: post #4

I primarily use Sublime, TextMate or Komodo on Mac for python dev but would love to also use VS. I do run windows and do most dev on that under VS. Maybe one day VS will come to Mac, I know that doesn't follow the platform mission but would get some good traction for Visual Studio going forward and a little fire under Xcode for C/C++ dev on Mac. At this point both XCode and VS are pretty equal but XCode I also like a…

Try PyCharm. It works on Mac and Windows and is miles ahead of XCode for Python.