Comment Feed for Channel 9 - Announcing Python Tools for Visual Studio 1.1 Alpha http://ak.channel9.msdn.com/ch9/a02a/ccef123e-4538-4de7-b523-9f900116a02a/PTVSAlphaShahrokhDino_100_ch9.jpg Channel 9 - Announcing Python Tools for Visual Studio 1.1 Alpha Python Tools for Visual Studio 1.1 is now available in Alpha! PTVS turns VS into an IDE for Python. PTVS a free, open source plug-in for Visual Studio 2010 from Microsoft's Developer Division. PTVS enables developers to use all the major productivity features of Visual Studio to build Python code using either CPython or IronPython and adds new features such as using High Performance Computing clusters to scale your code. Together with one of the standard distros, you can turn Visual Studio into a powerful Technical Computing IDE.Here, we chat with PTVS architect Sean Mortazavi and lead developer Dino Viehland to learn all about this release and see some really cool demos. This is great news for Python developers! Tune in. en Thu, 23 May 2013 02:41:20 GMT Thu, 23 May 2013 02:41:20 GMT Rev9 Re: Announcing Python Tools for Visual Studio 1.1 Alpha Very good work! I use Python Tools a lot and it is awesome Smiley

Any plans to infer generic types too? That way you'd have the example with the function foo that just returns its argument infer the string methods for foo("bar") and the integer methods for foo(42), even if you have both in the same file. Languages like F# already infer types that way, perhaps their algorithm could be adapted.

posted by Jules.dot

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Announcing-Python-Tools-for-Visual-Studio-11-Alpha#c634560079909431082 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:53:10 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Announcing-Python-Tools-for-Visual-Studio-11-Alpha#c634560079909431082 Jules.dot Re: Announcing Python Tools for Visual Studio 1.1 Alpha This.....is.....awesome

Been a programmer and a scripter, this really makes sense.
I used to create tools for a charity I did Work Experience for, and WxPython was my primary GUI toolkit. Python is brill for admin scripting.

Having Python for Visual Studio is brilliant, what would be great is if 
Visual Studio Express came with something like that. 

Tom  

posted by Tominator2005

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Announcing-Python-Tools-for-Visual-Studio-11-Alpha#c634560157774836434 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:02:57 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Announcing-Python-Tools-for-Visual-Studio-11-Alpha#c634560157774836434 Tominator2005 Re: Announcing Python Tools for Visual Studio 1.1 Alpha
It's certainly something I'd love to do at some point but it's currently pretty low on the priority list. There would still be the issue of what completions to show within the method but we could continue to offer our intersection or union option there.

posted by Dino Viehland

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Announcing-Python-Tools-for-Visual-Studio-11-Alpha#c634560393529413923 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 21:35:52 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Announcing-Python-Tools-for-Visual-Studio-11-Alpha#c634560393529413923 Dino Viehland Re: Announcing Python Tools for Visual Studio 1.1 Alpha

, Tominator20​05 wrote

what would be great is if 

Visual Studio Express came with something like that.

 

You can use it with the free VS Integrated Shell.

posted by NewWorldMan

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Announcing-Python-Tools-for-Visual-Studio-11-Alpha#c634560987702764520 Sat, 05 Nov 2011 14:06:10 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Announcing-Python-Tools-for-Visual-Studio-11-Alpha#c634560987702764520 NewWorldMan Re: Announcing Python Tools for Visual Studio 1.1 Alpha NewWorldMan is correct - see the installation instructions at:

http://pytools.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Installation%20-%20details 

1. click to download the free Integrated Shell

2. click to download PTVS

and you have a virtual "Visual Python 2010 Express" edition.

PTVS isn't "in the box", but this enables us to release much more frequently.

Cheers.

posted by SeanM

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Announcing-Python-Tools-for-Visual-Studio-11-Alpha#c634561059727227363 Sat, 05 Nov 2011 16:06:12 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Announcing-Python-Tools-for-Visual-Studio-11-Alpha#c634561059727227363 SeanM Re: Announcing Python Tools for Visual Studio 1.1 Alpha Sean, what you are doing is amazing. As I have said in my post, I'd love to get involved in this, even though I live in the UK. If you have ever used WxWidgets or PyGTK, a resource editor in Visual Studio for that type of stuff would be awesome. Give me plenty of time, and I can try working on a resource editor for WxWidgets at least, although I have no idea where to start in making toolbox like items for a windows editor.

posted by Tominator2005

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Announcing-Python-Tools-for-Visual-Studio-11-Alpha#c634561288707157192 Sat, 05 Nov 2011 22:27:50 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Announcing-Python-Tools-for-Visual-Studio-11-Alpha#c634561288707157192 Tominator2005 Re: Announcing Python Tools for Visual Studio 1.1 Alpha
For the toolbox you probably want to look at the IVsToolbox[2,3,4,5,6] interfaces, you can get an instance of one by calling Package.GetService(typeof(SVsToolbox)). I suspect you call AddItem w/ an IDataObject and then get that same object back when the user drops it onto your editor window.

posted by Dino Viehland

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Announcing-Python-Tools-for-Visual-Studio-11-Alpha#c634561325977107958 Sat, 05 Nov 2011 23:29:57 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Announcing-Python-Tools-for-Visual-Studio-11-Alpha#c634561325977107958 Dino Viehland Re: Announcing Python Tools for Visual Studio 1.1 Alpha
Do you have any links/documentation on how to call C# Classes/Methods from Python?

posted by shaggygi

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Announcing-Python-Tools-for-Visual-Studio-11-Alpha#c634562263634575391 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 01:32:43 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Announcing-Python-Tools-for-Visual-Studio-11-Alpha#c634562263634575391 shaggygi Re: Announcing Python Tools for Visual Studio 1.1 Alpha
import clr
clr.AddReference('AssemblyName')
from Namespace import Type

For example:

import clr
clr.AddReference("System.Windows.Forms")
from System.Windows.Forms import Form

This requires using IronPython or installing Python.NET [http://pythonnet.sourceforge.net/] if you're using CPython.

From there you can do:

f = Form()
f.ShowDialog()

Or in other words you can interact with the types as if they're normal Python types.

When working w/ your own types the biggest gotcha is to make sure you make them public.

posted by Dino Viehland

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Announcing-Python-Tools-for-Visual-Studio-11-Alpha#c634562852403268485 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:54:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Announcing-Python-Tools-for-Visual-Studio-11-Alpha#c634562852403268485 Dino Viehland Re: Announcing Python Tools for Visual Studio 1.1 Alpha
Thanks! This will be a big help to get me started.

posted by shaggygi

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Announcing-Python-Tools-for-Visual-Studio-11-Alpha#c634562854841025418 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:58:04 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Announcing-Python-Tools-for-Visual-Studio-11-Alpha#c634562854841025418 shaggygi Re: Announcing Python Tools for Visual Studio 1.1 Alpha

Tominator2005: That'd be awesome!

For the toolbox you probably want to look at the IVsToolbox[2,3,4,5,6] interfaces, you can get an instance of one by calling Package.GetService(typeof(SVsToolbox)). I suspect you call AddItem w/ an IDataObject and then get that same object back when the user drops it onto your editor window.

My background is a HND in Computing, and I only did a small amount of programming in that, which I regret. Is there anyway, I can contact you via email or messenger. This is gonna be tough job and I'll need occasional help.

posted by Tominator2005

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Announcing-Python-Tools-for-Visual-Studio-11-Alpha#c634563536239659627 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:53:43 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Announcing-Python-Tools-for-Visual-Studio-11-Alpha#c634563536239659627 Tominator2005 Re: Announcing Python Tools for Visual Studio 1.1 Alpha This is really cool!  Awesome IDE for Python! 

Can Python be used or will it be available for Metro Style Apps in Windows 8?  Can it talk to the WinRT?

Long live Python and the Knights who say Ni!

posted by BarryDale

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Announcing-Python-Tools-for-Visual-Studio-11-Alpha#c634565342480339943 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:04:08 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Announcing-Python-Tools-for-Visual-Studio-11-Alpha#c634565342480339943 BarryDale Re: Announcing Python Tools for Visual Studio 1.1 Alpha I know you can't reveal everything you are working on.  But you like to hear feedback from developers about what they would like to see.  I would like to see a version of Python that integrates with the WinRT, i.e. that can be used with Metro Style Apps.

posted by BarryDale

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Announcing-Python-Tools-for-Visual-Studio-11-Alpha#c634566284852532511 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:14:45 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Announcing-Python-Tools-for-Visual-Studio-11-Alpha#c634566284852532511 BarryDale