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Re: Python Tools for Visual Studio

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Unfortunately no, just have to deal. Some use "CTRL + SPACE" or ESC or "CTRL + ," but it still doesn't do it very smart. VS autocomplete is still smarter and quicker it seems. I do like the greying auto complete of XCode as you type as sometimes the drop down gets in the way.

Got ya. BTW - in Visual Studio if you hold down control while the autocomplete is open, it goes translucent so you can see your code behind it!

Awesomeness

Re: Python Tools for Visual Studio

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Do people run django production sites on Windows? Not trolling, genuinely interested.

I currently maintain and run a big ol' Django project running on Apache/Windows/MSSQL (and some Oracle) here (university of Arizona). It's not that bad although myself and the other developer both use mac's so its annoying having to RDP in to do anything in a python shell.

If you only use the shell, can't you use something like an SSH daemon on Windows and ssh to it?

Re: Python Tools for Visual Studio

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RubyMine is cool so is PyCharm.

and PHPStorm from the same company..all their IDEs are pretty awesome!

Yeah their stuff is pretty awesome, I actuall haven't tried PHPStorm how is it? I'm learning PHP at the moment so might use it.

Re: Python Tools for Visual Studio

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Just Vi or Vim for me. Used VS, VB, Eclips years back, but now back to Vi/Vim for embedded and server environment. Have not missed any of IDE features at all.

What languages do you work with? Simple things like being able to jump to the definition of a function with a press of a button (esp. when working with a large unfamiliar code base) are indispensable for me.

Re: Python Tools for Visual Studio

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Haven't tried it yet, might give it a try. The debugging looks cool and even Guido seems to think it has some benefits: https://profiles.google.com/115212051037621986145/buzz/CGh9M... - note he mentions painful SCM integration, as usual in IDEs that just doesn't work well. SCM support I usually turn off as it adds iteration lag typically. Prefer the scm tools directly almost always.

I keep SourceTree, by the same company, running while I'm working in PyCharm, and it picks up all the changes nicely. It has been my crutch in becoming competent using Git.

Exactly what I do. I've just started using IntelliJ change sets which are really useful.

Re: Python Tools for Visual Studio

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I currently maintain and run a big ol' Django project running on Apache/Windows/MSSQL (and some Oracle) here (university of Arizona). It's not that bad although myself and the other developer both use mac's so its annoying having to RDP in to do anything in a python shell.

If you only use the shell, can't you use something like an SSH daemon on Windows and ssh to it?

Is there any decent SSH daemon on Windows? And what shell does/would it run? cmd.exe?

Re: Python Tools for Visual Studio

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Another Microsoft's best kept secrets is using Javascript for shell script. It has been there forever since Javascript first came out. It's called JScript but it's just Javascript with Windows support like running ActiveX Objects, which let you access the file system, OS, network, etc. You can pretty much drive the Windows system with it through ActiveX Automation. Also you can do Office application integration like Excel Automation with it.

Re: Python Tools for Visual Studio

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Just Vi or Vim for me. Used VS, VB, Eclips years back, but now back to Vi/Vim for embedded and server environment. Have not missed any of IDE features at all.

What languages do you work with? Simple things like being able to jump to the definition of a function with a press of a button (esp. when working with a large unfamiliar code base) are indispensable for me.

Sublime Text 3 is still lightweight, fast and has awesome "jump to definition".
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