Python Tools for Visual Studio V1.0 Released

A lot of people are looking into using Python in computer science education these days. Of course a lot of people are also using Visual Studio for Visual Basic or C# or even F# and it would be nice to use the same IDE for Python as well. The learning curve for an IDE is not something that really adds value to learning a new programming language. So I thought I would share the following from a recent announcement of the release to manufacturing of version 1.0 of the Python Tools for Visual Studio software.

Support for CPython & IronPython (and Pypy and Jython) World-class intellisense, Browsing, Find All refs, Refactor, … Integrated REPL, including support for MSR’s Sho and the IPython REPL Advanced local & remote Debugging, including Attach scenarios Profiling with A/B comparison Support for HPC clusters, MPI programming model & cluster Debugging Interactive parallel computing via IPython And it’s Free & Open Source!

Here are a couple of videos on Python Tools for Visual Studio (more on YouTube):

• Edit                                                        PTVS - Core editing experience with Python Tools for Visual Studio
• Profile                                                   PTVS - Profiling with Python Tools for Visual Studio
• Project portal is at:                          https://pytools.codeplex.com
• To install, please see:                     Installing PTVS (basically get a Python interpreter & click to install PTVS)