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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#253340">We’re pleased to announce the release of Python Tools for Visual Studio 1.5 Beta [http://pytools.codeplex.com/releases/view/88766]. Python Tools for
Visual Studio (PTVS) is an open-source plug-in for Visual Studio which supports programming with the Python language. PTVS supports a broad range of features including:
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• Supports CPython, IronPython, Jython and PyPy<br>
• Python editor with advanced member, signature intellisense and refactoring<br>
• Code navigation: “Find all refs”, goto definition, and object browser<br>
• Local and remote debugging<br>
• Profiling with multiple views<br>
• Integrated Python interactive session window with inline matplotlib graphics<br>
• Support for HPC clusters and MPI, including debugging and Profiling<br>
• Interactive parallel computing via integrated IPython REPL (read-evaluate-print-loop)<br>
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The primary new feature for this release is Django including Azure support! The http://www.djangoproject.com is a popular Python webframework/CMS which is used by many reputable companies and high-traffic websites. In this Beta release, the following are supported:<br>
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• Create a New Project / Django Application<br>
• Add Django HTML Template<br>
• Intellisense for Django templates<br>
• Runtime debugging of Django templates<br>
• Use IIS with a pure-Python FastCGI interface<br>
• Support for deploying to Windows Azure when Windows Azure Tools for Visual Studio is installed<br>
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For more information on Python support for Windows Azure, please see http://www.windowsazure.com. This release also introduces Python client libraries for Windows Azure services available via PyPI that work across Windows, Linux and Mac OS operating systems.<br>
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The 1.5 release also includes several new intellisense features including some contributed by the community. This includes completions after “def “ based upon methods defined in base classes and completions for exception types after “raise” statements” (thanks
Zooba!). There are also improvements to the import intellisense.<br>
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Full list of issues addressed in 1.5 beta:<br>
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714 VS crashes when open project <br>
713 Import Intellisense should work after typing ","<br>
712 IronPython REPL runs in builtin and not main<br>
704 pyopencl causes AttributeError when run under the debugger.<br>
702 VS startup crash<br>
699 Resolve import box doesn't show when I hover the mouse on functions.<br>
676 exception when launching a python solution with vs2010<br>
667 stop executing when error occurs<br>
711 Send to REPL fails with "The Python REPL process has exited"<br>
717 Error in Interactive window crashes VS<br>
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We’d like to thank the following people who took the time to report the issues and feedback for this release:<br>
ajp, Anna0311, golubdr, hjyh, hyh, mahpour, tramsay, and zooba.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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