Microsoft Technical Computing Group has released a beta version for its Python integration for Visual Studio.

This is, indeed, interesting development, as it clearly shows that Python has reached a new level of  programming language maturity.  Receiving this much of attention from mighty Microsoft means that Python is no longer a mere prospect member in the cabin of enterprise solutions.

Python Tools for Visual Studio are not focused only on Microsoft’s own .NET run-time: even Jython and PyPy are partially supported, claims the spec sheet. Looks like some kind of cloud integration is on its way – maybe Microsoft wants to challenge Google App Engine by providing even better cloud development tools?

Also there seems to be more information coming in PyCon…

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