Python Tools for Visual Studio

Table of Contents

Python Tools for Visual Studio

Credits

About the Authors

About the Reviewers

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Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Downloading the color images of this book

Errata

Piracy

Questions

Special thanks from the authors

1. Introduction to PTVS

Step-by-step installation and configuration

PTVS tools overview

The Python Environments window

Python Interactive

Visual Studio panels with PTVS

Summary

2. Python Tools in Visual Studio

Mastering IntelliSense with Python

Using REPL in Visual Studio

Navigating code with ease

Object Browser

Summary

3. Day-to-day Coding Tools

Project handling

Solution

Project

Specifying Python environments

Defining Search Paths

Refactoring

Debugging

Using breakpoints

Utilizing watch entries

Summary

4. Django in PTVS

Django project template and tools

Installing a Python package

Running the application

IntelliSense in Django templates

Setting up and managing a database for a Django project

Setting up the admin interface

Creating a new Django application

Deploying a Django project on Microsoft Azure

Summary

5. Advanced Django in PTVS

Library management

The Fabric library – the deployment and development task manager

South – the database deployment library

Why use South with Django

Installing South

Schema migration with South

Summary

6. IPython and IronPython in PTVS

IPython in PTVS

IronPython

Using .NET classes in Python code with IronPython

Using the Python code in .NET with IronPython

Summary

Index

Python Tools for Visual Studio

Python Tools for Visual Studio

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Credits

Authors

Martino Sabia

Cathy Wang

Reviewers

Steve Dower

Fabio Lonegro

Chris Marinic

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About the Authors

Martino Sabia is a curious-minded developer with close to 30 years of coding experience. Throughout his years of working with different platforms and languages, he has always kept his mind fresh while finding creative ways of using different technologies. Based in Italy, Martino has spent his career in various start-up companies, working in numerous roles from junior developer to software architect. Now he is the Project Lead for Deltatre; he works on consumer-facing, heavy-traffic websites and media-streaming platforms in the sports industry.

Cathy Wang is an experienced designer who specializes in service design and experience strategy. She has worked on many cross-channel projects and served as a design lead for enterprise services around the globe in fields ranging from Telecom to public sectors. Cathy has worked for world-class design agencies to help bring visions to life. In her free time, she builds web projects and apps. She is infinitely curious about new technologies and the experiences they can bring.

About the Reviewers

Steve Dower works at Microsoft and is a developer of Python Tools for the Visual Studio team.

Fabio Lonegro has spent many years doing research in theoretical physics (String and Gauge theory) and collaborating with many divulgating projects, including the translation of Peter Woit's book Not Even Wrong. He was always passionate about web development and has spent the last 15 years working on web projects related to e-learning and data visualization. He is now a developer at Deltatre spa, where his work is focused on many fields, from the integration of complex data with multimedia streams for both mobile and desktop experiences to custom solutions for web content indexing and the development of Node.js. Currently, he uses Python for a variety of applications that involve data which comes from Arduino and Raspberry Pi shields. He is also a capoeira teacher, a passionate cyclist, and above all, a caring father.

Chris Marinic is an autodidact with decades of engineering experience. Growing up, he excelled at computer science, often mentoring his fellow students. He designed, developed, launched, and sold his own start-up while working full-time as the Director of Engineering at Sabre Hospitality Solutions.

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