Problem: Making a call to input() and during run time a user passes a value ‘x’ and Python outputs the error “input name ‘x’ is not defined” Cause: The Python method input() reads in a user input and actually executes it as python code so the value passed in was not valid Python. Solution: 1. [...]

Introduction This tutorial is good for those just getting started with Python dev. It is demonstrated using the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Shell IDE with the PyTools Plugin installed (See my blog post on how to get this setup here: http://www.stevenmarkford.com/free-python-ide-using-visual-studio-shell/ ) In this tutorial we will create a small Python application within the Visual [...]

Using the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Shell (which is free for download) it is possible to get a really powerful Python IDE up and running. This is done by installing the bare-bones Visual Studio shell and then installing a Visual Studio Python Plugin on top of this. 1. Download and install the Microsoft Visual Studio [...]