Python Tools for Visual Studio Now on GitHub

Python Tools for Visual Studio Now on GitHub(github.com)

48 points by ashwinne 11 years ago | 18 comments

pdevr 11 years ago |

Going one level up: https://github.com/Microsoft

Good to see Microsoft having 100 plus open source projects out there!

rpcope1 11 years ago |

I wonder how this will stack up against Jetbrains PyCharm. I am always amazed at what the guys at how excellent PyCharm is, maybe Microsoft can do even better.

int_19h 11 years ago | |

There's a lot of common ground feature-wise, but both also have their strong points. PyCharm's biggest one is that it's cross-platform, but also good integration with GAE and AWS, and neat features such as Cython editing. PTVS, on the other hand, is Windows-only, but has neat stuff like debugging Python and C++ side by side: https://github.com/Microsoft/ptvs/wiki/Mixed-Mode-Debugging

giancarlostoro 11 years ago | | |

I was going to mention this, but didn't find the page. This is really neat. Not sure what other IDE's let you do that with Python.

giancarlostoro 11 years ago | |

From personal experience, I've used both I have to say:

Python Tools for Visual Studio is one of Microsoft's "best kept secrets" is how I describe it. I would say they're both exactly well-built solutions. If you have Visual Studio I highly recommend you give it a shot, it's really well defined in my opinion. It also has a plethora of features[1]. However, when I'm on Linux I usually use PyCharm.

[1] https://github.com/Microsoft/PTVS/wiki/Features-Matrix

lawnchair_larry 11 years ago | |

The problem with this is that it's an add-on to a bloated behemoth that takes 10 GB and a reboot to install and nearly that much memory to run. PyCharm has a lot going for it simply by being not that.

tosh 11 years ago |

I wonder if Microsoft is working on a cross-platform version of Visual Studio. Anyone has any experience running it on OS X using Parallels or similar?

Or is Visual Studio Code the philosophical successor to Visual Studio? Anyone familiar enough with Microsoft to elaborate?

Stratoscope 11 years ago | |

Visual Studio works fine in a VM. I've used it in VMware and Parallels. I like the overall integration better in Parallels, but either one will do.

Visual Studio Code is a completely different product that happens to (confusingly!) share the same name.

0xFFC 11 years ago | | |

Exactly visual studio code and visual studio they have almost same name , nothing else , visual studio code is on top of web technology (as far as I know) , something like Bracket , Atom. But Visual Studio have completely different software stack/

titanix2 11 years ago | |

I use Visual Studio (2010 & 2013) in VirtualBox on a customized MacBook Pro (with SSD) for developing Windows Phone applications as a hobby. It runs very well and fast and it is usable on a daily basis. On an hard disk drive it was a bit too slow for being confortable.

But there are also some annoying VM freezings related to the USB port, which sometimes forces me to force quite the VM with the task manager because even VirtualBox can't terminate the instance.

DonGateley 11 years ago |

Does this work with Visual Studio Community 2013?

Stratoscope 11 years ago | |

VS2013 Community is really VS2013 Professional with different licensing. Any VS2013 Professional addon will also work in VS2013 Community.

pacaro 11 years ago | |

I don't know the answer to this question, but my understanding is that you don't need a paid version of Visual Studio

smortaz 11 years ago | |

it does. in fact, that is the default recommendation, ie PTVS installed into Community Edition:

https://github.com/Microsoft/PTVS/wiki/PTVS-Installation

DonGateley 11 years ago | | |

Thanks. Excellent Wiki. Kudos to Christopher Wilcox.

yaleman 11 years ago |

Aww, I hoped this was for Code :(