Microsoft Wants Your Feedback On Its New Python IDE 303
First time accepted submitter phoolishcyrus writes "Dear Slashdot: would you kindly take a look at our little project, PTVS — Python Tools for Visual Studio? It helps you develop Python (using any interpreter, not just IronPython) and comes with a few other goodies. Spare no punches."
be aware (Score:0, Interesting)
It is an opensource plugin but only works with the Professional version so the free express edition does not work with this.
You can use netbeans or eclipse instead
What the shell is this? (Score:4, Interesting)
"Note: PTVS does not install into VS Express Editions" [codeplex.com]. It needs some sort of Visual Studio Shell [microsoft.com], which is separate from VS Express for some odd reason.
And has Microsoft added the necessary pieces to the version of the .NET Compact Framework for Xbox 360 Indie Games and Windows Phone 7 to allow DLR languages such as IronPython to work in applications for those platforms?