Django with IronPython and VS2010?

Question

I have just checked JetBrains products page and noticed they have a new product - PyCharm that supports Django out of the box for Python development.

Is there a plug-in or a native support for Django in Visual Studio 2010 with IronPython?

Answer 1

Since MS is no longer officially working on IronPython, you may consider PyCharm. I come from Asp.net and recently moved to Django and happen to use PyCharm and overall am happy with it. Especially because I can work on the same code from my PC or Mac with it. There were some gotches that got me for a bit with it, like it didn't come with Django it's a separate install (it's documented) just surprised me coming from VS.

Answer 2

Microsoft did open-source release of Python tools for Visual Studio.NET

The announcement can be found at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/somasegar/archive/2011/08/29/python-tools-for-visual-studio.aspx

The Python tools itself could be found at http://pytools.codeplex.com/

It supports CPython, IronPython, Jython, and PyPy. So Django development has to be a breeze now in VS.NET. I am still checking out though.