Python Tools for Visual Studio 1.1 is now available in Alpha!



PTVS turns VS into an IDE for Python. PTVS a free, open source plug-in for Visual Studio 2010 from Microsoft's Developer Division. PTVS enables developers to use all the major productivity features of Visual Studio to build Python code using either CPython or IronPython and adds new features such as using High Performance Computing clusters to scale your code. Together with one of the standard distros, you can turn Visual Studio into a powerful Technical Computing IDE.



Here, we chat with PTVS architect Sean Mortazavi and lead developer Dino Viehland to learn all about this release and see some really cool demos. This is great news for Python developers! Tune in.