Microsoft released the Python development plug-in for Visual Studio

PTVS (Python Tools for Visual Studio) is an open-source Project released with the Apache 2.0 license. PTVS has the following main features: CPython, IronPython, Jython, and PyPy; advanced editing functions such as intelliisense; multiple refactoring; built-in REPL (read-eval-print loop) window; debugging and analysis functions, and so on.

PTVS is enhanced based on the IronPython Tools for Visual Studio (introduced in IronPython 2.7) Code and added support for CPython and Cluster, and new modules such as NumPy and SciPy.

Main features include:

◆ Advanced editing functions, intelligent awareness (intelliisense), Code browsing, "Finding All references", REPL, etc ......

◆ Support CPython and IronPython

◆ Local or cluster/remote debugging

◆ Multiple view-assisted analysis Codes

◆ Interactive parallel computing and development through integration with IPython REPL

◆ Support for HPC clusters and MPI, including debugging support

◆ NumPy and SciPy for. NET platforms

◆ Supporting cloud computing (coming soon)

◆ Support for Dryad (massively scalable, data-intensive parallel computing) (coming soon)

◆ Free and open-source (using the Apache 2.0 License Agreement)

Original article: http://www.oschina.net/p/PTVS