Visual Studio (VS) 2005 IDE for IronPython (Python)

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I think it's worth posting this blog because it's really hard for me to find IronPython IDE integrated with Visual Studio 2005 directly. The following instructions show how to build IronPython IDE for VS 2005 by using VS 2005 SDK.

1. Download the latest Visual Studio 2005 SDK version 4.0 and install it. (requirements: Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition or above, and Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 installed)

2. Open the IronPython.sln solution in the <InstallationPath>\ VisualStudioIntegration\Samples\IronPythonIntegration folder.

3. Press F5 to build the sample, you will see VS launched from the experimental hive. And a couple of IronPython project templates are seen from New Project dialog. Also IDE includes Intellisense features.

4. Next time, if you want to new IronPython project, just launch Visual Studio from Start->All Programs->Visual Studio 2005 SDK->2007.02->Tools->Start Visual Studio 2005 under Experimental hive, because it doesn't want to affect current your stable VS 2005.

You're done! Enjoy IronPython!