Open Source and X Platform development editor for Python

[donj]

Hi Everyone,

I'm the author of a Python extension for the open source, MIT licensed and cross platform Visual Studio Code Editor (https ://code.visualstudio.com/).
This is developed using nodejs and python, MIT licensed running on all major OS (OS X, Linux and Windows).
The major features include:
- Auto complete (intellisense)
- Code navigation
- Linting (mypy, pep8, pylint, flake8, etc)
- Unit tests (pytest, nose, unittest)
- Jupyter (IPython)
- Debugging (django, flask, remote debugging, docker, multi threads, django templates, SSH, etc)
- Code formatting (autopep8, yapf)
- Refactoring, 
- Snippets and more

Please note, this is open source and MIT licensed. This isn't meant to be a competitor to IDEs like PyCharm, instead is a lightweight and cross platform alternative (editor).

I'm looking for some assistance in improving the capabilities of this extension (adding more features), looking for feedback suggestions and any help in maintaining it as well.
More information here:
- https ://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=donjayamanne.python
- https ://github.com/DonJayamanne/pythonVSCode

[snippsat]

Hi look cool,here is the link Visual Studio Code Editor

If you look at this post 
So "Python Tools for Visual Studio" is gone be integrated into Visual Studio.
Are these tool somewhat related?

Is this a standalone tools,so if download "Visual Studio Code Editor".
It comes with Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code Editor.

[donj]

>Are these tool somewhat related?
No. The post you have referred to is for "Visual Studio" (this is the full blown IDE that runs only on Windows).

"Visual Studio Code Editor" on the other hand is considered a light weight IDE, more of an editor.
This is cross platform, completely open source and very light weight.

>Is this a standalone tools,so if download "Visual Studio Code Editor".

With Visual Studio Code, you download the editor and then install the necessary extensions.
To my knowledge majority of the extensions (99.9%) are free and open source.
So if you wanted to develop on python using Visual Studio Code editor:
- First download Visual Studio Code
- Next install the Python Extension

[Root13]

Sounds pretty good, I gotta try it!

[Larz60+]

I mentioned windows was moving in the Linux direction. This is kind of the smoking
gun, I guess it must be True.
When one of the major gaming companies 'Steam' branched their development to Linux,
I knew it was the beginning of an unstoppable river. for other companies and for Microsoft
as well.
Congrats MS ...

[wavic]

Is this related to Microsoft Visual Studio?

[Larz60+]

sure looks like it

[wavic]

Honestly, I hate Microsoft. I don't think I'm going to try it. 

[Larz60+]

I have never really liked it, not even when Microsoft was actually part of IBM.
They made the choice to go with Intl 8086 rather than Motorola 68000 which was a much better machine.
Lately, however things have been happening, don't give up on them yet!
They just converted windows 10 to run on raspberry pi

Nevertheless My pet saying whenever something new from Microsoft comes out is:
'Wow that's almost as good as it was in UNIX back in 1980'

Perhaps soon I won't say that anymore

[snippsat]

It not related to Visual Studio only name that is confusing

Visual Studio Code (VSCode) is a cross-platform (Linux, Mac OS, Windows) editor that can be extended with plugins to your needs.

VS Code is not a stripped down Visual Studio, it is a fork of Atom running on electron (Visual Studio Code and Atom).