We're pleased to announce the release of Python Tools for Visual Studio 1.5 RC<http://pytools.codeplex.com/releases/view/82130>. 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 CPython/IronPython, Edit/Intellisense/Debug/Profile, Cloud, HPC, IPython, etc. support.
The primary new feature for the 1.5 release is Django including Azure support! The http://www.djangoproject.com<http://www.djangoproject.com/> is a popular Python webframework/CMS which is used by many reputable companies and high-traffic websites. For Python on Azure support see: https://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/python. In this RC release, the following improvements have been made based on your requests & feedback: * VS2012 support! * A Live Debug REPL - YT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erNx2NLu-t4&hd=1 * Project load time improvements * Kinect 1.5 support * New "New Project from Existing Code!" * Improved intellisense (iterator, PyQt, ...) * Python 3.3 language support * Azure Python Client Lib improvements for Windows, Linux & MacOS There were over 80 fixes/improvements in this release. Unfortunately because of Codeplex's Release Notes character limit (sad), we can't list the summary of bug fixes, so here's a link to the data: http://bit.ly/Ptvs15RcBugs We'd like to thank the following people who took the time to report the issues and feedback for this release (in reverse chronological order): Tmaslach, odwalla, jrade, michiya, timeisparallax, tachiorz, sourbox, tramsay, bahrep, lqbest127, hyh, mrpy, boomer_74, BigFreakinGobot, AngeloBast, ajp, mahpour, cecilphillip, dhabersat. We'd also like to thank Weidong for his wonderful test support during the past few months & welcome Hugues aboard the project! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-announce-list Support the Python Software Foundation: http://www.python.org/psf/donations/