Since the release of the Python Tools three years ago, this implementation of a language extension for Visual Studio has been used as a reference implementation by many other language extensions developed both by Microsoft and by Partners. The Python Tools for Visual Studio are open source (Apache 2.0) and hosted on CodePlex. Once you’ve published your website, PTVS puts it into Server Explorer and you can easily attach a debugger.Ĭheck out this video, which covers setting up a Flask web project, importing an existing Pyramid project, and publishing them to Azure Web Sites. And for Django, which is a powerful web / CMS framework, PTVS has special support for template IntelliSense and debugging. There is also a “generic” web framework template that you can use for frameworks such as Pyramid. PTVS supports Cloud Service, Web, and Worker Roles as well. This means you can use PTVS to build websites using popular frameworks such as Django, Bottle, and Flask and PTVS supplies starter templates to get you going quickly.Įach template gives you all the scaffolding you need to create a website in Azure quickly. The primary focus of this release is web development. And with unique features such as mixed mode debugging of Python with C++ and remote debugging of Linux servers in Azure, Visual Studio provides a productive development environment for Python developers. With integrated IPython REPL support for smart history, shell commands and inline images, these tools provide a great exploratory coding environment. PTVS offers an advanced IDE experience for general scripting, web programming, and technical computing. And in Visual Studio, we’ve been developing the Python Tools for Visual Studio for the last 3 years. We’ve provided great support for Python in Azure for some time. Python has been a widely used programming language across the industry for more than two decades. In addition to the other features listed below, PTVS 2.1 supports the free Visual Studio Express for Web and Express for Windows Desktop editions as well as Visual Studio Professional and higher.

PTVS is available for Visual Studio 2010, Visual Studio 2012, and Visual Studio 2013.

The final release of Python Tools 2.1 for Visual Studio (PTVS) is available for download.

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