connecting maya to visual studio?

[Rudi Hammad]

hello,
I am trying to use visual studio as maya IDE. I have visual studio Express 2013. I downloaded python and followed the instructions posted here
http://josbalcaen.com/maya-python-visual-studio-2012/
I can´t get to work the extension ToMaya (https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/80e6846e-c40c-435b-b23a-f0cabb23569b)
when I try to open ToMaya2013.vsix i get the error this extension is not installable on any currently installed products.
so I just can´t right?
cheers

[Joe Weidenbach]

I believe that's one of the limitations of the express edition, that you can't install extensions.  You need at least Visual Studio Pro if you want to use them.

As a longtime visual studio user, I've found the python support to be pretty terrible.  If you want a nice ide-based experience, I'd look into something like PyCharm (it's free for non-commercial use), and if a text editor with lots of extensability is more what you're needing (and when I say lots, I mean lots) you can try out SublimeText with the MayaSublime extension.  Personally, I use Wing IDE, but that's a bit more pricey.

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[Rudi Hammad]

hummm...okey. I´ll keep that in mind.
I love eclipse, but I am getting an anoying problem that I can´t solve. Apparently it is a bug (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/python_inside_maya/f6CXU8gMyoo)
thanks

El viernes, 20 de noviembre de 2015, 21:15:28 (UTC+1), Joe Weidenbach escribió:

I believe that's one of the limitations of the express edition, that you can't install extensions.  You need at least Visual Studio Pro if you want to use them.

As a longtime visual studio user, I've found the python support to be pretty terrible.  If you want a nice ide-based experience, I'd look into something like PyCharm (it's free for non-commercial use), and if a text editor with lots of extensability is more what you're needing (and when I say lots, I mean lots) you can try out SublimeText with the MayaSublime extension.  Personally, I use Wing IDE, but that's a bit more pricey.

On Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 7:50 AM, Rudi Hammad <rudih...@gmail.com> wrote:

hello,
I am trying to use visual studio as maya IDE. I have visual studio Express 2013. I downloaded python and followed the instructions posted here
http://josbalcaen.com/maya-python-visual-studio-2012/
I can´t get to work the extension ToMaya (https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/80e6846e-c40c-435b-b23a-f0cabb23569b)
when I try to open ToMaya2013.vsix i get the error this extension is not installable on any currently installed products.
so I just can´t right?
cheers

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[Justin Israel]

On Sat, 21 Nov 2015 10:21 AM Rudi Hammad <rudih...@gmail.com> wrote:

hummm...okey. I´ll keep that in mind.
I love eclipse, but I am getting an anoying problem that I can´t solve. Apparently it is a bug (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/python_inside_maya/f6CXU8gMyoo)
thanks

I used Eclipse + PyDev as my first IDE ever. Eventually I found it too clunky for Python development. And it would always end up with memory consumption issues.

Since then, I have enjoyed the lighter weight option that SublimeText provides.

El viernes, 20 de noviembre de 2015, 21:15:28 (UTC+1), Joe Weidenbach escribió:

I believe that's one of the limitations of the express edition, that you can't install extensions.  You need at least Visual Studio Pro if you want to use them.

As a longtime visual studio user, I've found the python support to be pretty terrible.  If you want a nice ide-based experience, I'd look into something like PyCharm (it's free for non-commercial use), and if a text editor with lots of extensability is more what you're needing (and when I say lots, I mean lots) you can try out SublimeText with the MayaSublime extension.  Personally, I use Wing IDE, but that's a bit more pricey.

On Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 7:50 AM, Rudi Hammad <rudih...@gmail.com> wrote:

hello,
I am trying to use visual studio as maya IDE. I have visual studio Express 2013. I downloaded python and followed the instructions posted here
http://josbalcaen.com/maya-python-visual-studio-2012/
I can´t get to work the extension ToMaya (https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/80e6846e-c40c-435b-b23a-f0cabb23569b)
when I try to open ToMaya2013.vsix i get the error this extension is not installable on any currently installed products.
so I just can´t right?
cheers

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[Fredrik Averpil]

Besides a +1 on Sublime Text from me, I recently found Atom to be really useful when working on git projects. It highlights any files which you have modified and I even think you're supposed to be able to perform git commands (such as merge, commit, push etc) directly from the editor. However, I haven't tried that. I believe Atom is written purely in Javascript, which makes Sublime Text a whole lot faster if you open up huge text-based files though.

You could also check out the new Visual Studio Code from Microsoft. Feels a bit more fresh and lightweight than Visual Studio Express, at least in my opinion. But it all depends on what you plan on doing.

Regards,

Fredrik

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[Padraig Ó Cuínn]

for me i tend to go for Pycharm, I also use a plugin with it mayacharm written by chris cunningham @passerby  very very useful. His plugin allows you to select text or the entire script and send directly to maya. similar to mayaSublime.

I use the Pro version of Pycharm but  its gotten too costly to keep and i dont want to turn to wingIDE again haha.