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I've been using PTVS for about two weeks now. Previously I just used Spyder which shipped with the Anaconda distribution. Some things that annoy me: - Reading

by saboot 11y ago

I've been using PTVS for about two weeks now. Previously I just used Spyder which shipped with the Anaconda distribution. Some things that annoy me: - Reading intellisense python documentation in the mouse over window is really tedious. There is an object window that can display documentation for your classes, but not from libraries. - Rendered docs are much easier to read. Spyder did this very well. With PTVS I'm looking at the docs online for numpy and matplotlib. With spyder I just ctrl+I and it displays using sphinx very nicely. - I was not able to get IPython to cooperate with displaying plots in separate windows in executing scripts as easy in PTVS compared to Spyder. - Being able to commit and push to github is a great feature. - Spyder had superior debugging features in terms of examining array data throughout the debug process. Make plots just by right clicking the object in the variables window. Very useful for making sure a step for a scientific algorithm is doing what I intended. I'm hoping more features like the above will be added over time. However I'm looking at going back to Spyder + some git plugin or tool, or switching to PyCharm.

chupapuma 11y ago
I am Chris Wilcox, one of the developers on Python Tools for Visual Studio. I am happy you have tried the product and glad you took the time to provide some feedback. We have some pretty decent GitHub support built in to Visual Studio and our tooling. With Visual Studio 2015 we also have a nifty 'Open in Visual Studio' button added to all GitHub pages. As for the other things they aren't complete yet but they are definitely very valid suggestions. If you would file issues on http://github.com/Microsoft/PTVS http://github.com/Microsoft/PTVS we can track them and hopefully keep you posted on the progress to getting them into the product.
- RA_Fisher 11y ago
  Any chance to change the license over to GPL?
  - chupapuma 11y ago
    Short Answer: No. Longer Answer: We are currently licensed as Apache 2.0 and are satisfied with the constraints of that license. Virtually all products released at Microsoft as OSS are released under MIT or Apache 2.0. We haven't had issues with the license we are using and have no plans to change it. Thanks for your feedback! Also, I hope you enjoyed PyData Seattle! (just came across your Twitter handle and noticed a few photos)

by saboot 11y ago

chupapuma 11y ago

I am Chris Wilcox, one of the developers on Python Tools for Visual Studio. I am happy you have tried the product and glad you took the time to provide some feedback. We have some pretty decent GitHub support built in to Visual Studio and our tooling. With Visual Studio 2015 we also have a nifty 'Open in Visual Studio' button added to all GitHub pages. As for the other things they aren't complete yet but they are definitely very valid suggestions. If you would file issues on http://github.com/Microsoft/PTVS http://github.com/Microsoft/PTVS we can track them and hopefully keep you posted on the progress to getting them into the product.

RA_Fisher 11y ago
Any chance to change the license over to GPL?
- chupapuma 11y ago
  Short Answer: No. Longer Answer: We are currently licensed as Apache 2.0 and are satisfied with the constraints of that license. Virtually all products released at Microsoft as OSS are released under MIT or Apache 2.0. We haven't had issues with the license we are using and have no plans to change it. Thanks for your feedback! Also, I hope you enjoyed PyData Seattle! (just came across your Twitter handle and noticed a few photos)