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@zooba zooba released this 04 May 18:02
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Release notes for PTVS 2.2 RC

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We’re pleased to announce the release of Python Tools 2.2 RC for Visual Studio. See our announcement of PTVS 2.2 Beta for some of the highlights.

Python Tools for Visual Studio (PTVS) is an open-source plug-in for Visual Studio which supports programming with the Python language. It lets you bring your own Python interpreter, including CPython, IronPython, PyPy, and more, and supports a broad range of features from editing with IntelliSense to interactive debugging, profiling, interactive REPLs with IPython, cross-platform and cross-language debugging support, and deployment to Microsoft Azure.

PTVS 2.2 RC is available for:

New Features for 2.2

These features are new for PTVS 2.2:

  • Code snippets support
  • Improved code outlining
  • Improved Python environments window
  • Automatic code suggestions as you type
  • Debugger autos window
  • Set environment variables in project settings
  • Hit count breakpoints
  • Task comments
  • Preliminary support for Python 3.5
  • Along with many bug fixes and smaller features enhancements.

Known Issues

  • Interactive windows do not yet support IPython 3.0 (#2961)
  • Unit tests cannot be debugged on VS 2015 (#23)
  • Debugging may fail with the stackless interpreter (#46)
  • XAML designer does not work on VS 2015 (#34)

Your feedback and suggestions are much appreciated.

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