Python Tools for Visual Studio Documentation

Getting Started

1. Install Python and libraries (if you haven’t already): Getting interpreters & libraries – more details

2. Install Visual Studio 2010 (if you haven’t already): Installation – more details

3. For MPI development install MS-MPI: Download the MS-MPI redistributable

4. For cluster development install HPC Pack and the HPC Pack SDK: HPC Pack Express, HPC Pack SDK

5. Install Python Tools for Visual Studio from the Download tab and you’re ready to go: Python Tools for Visual Studio releases

Features in Depth

• Editing
  • Intellisense
  • Navigation Bar
  • Go to Definition
  • Find all References
• Refactoring
  • Rename
  • Extract Method
  • Add Import
  • Remove Imports
• Interactive REPL
  • Switching Scopes
  • Send Code to Interactive
• Debugging
• Profiling
• Projects
  • Project Types
  • Working without Projects
  • New Project from Existing Code
  • Project Features
• Object Browser
• MPI, IPython, and Cluster Support
• Kinect for Python
• Pyvot - an Excel to Python bridge
• NumPy/SciPy for IronPython Quick Start

Release Notes

See the downloads page for each release to read the release notes.