As of writing, the current release for Python Tools for Visual Studio 2015 is version 2.2, and can be downloaded here. Other releases, including development releases and versions for older versions of Visual Studio can be found here. In order to install the tools, you should just download the MSI for your Visual Studio version and execute it. For Python, select the Python development workload and select Install: To quickly test Python support, launch Visual Studio, press Alt + I to open the Python Interactive window, and enter 2+2. If you don't see the output of 4, recheck your steps.

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Magic for mac. Python support is presently available only on Visual Studio for Windows; on Mac and Linux, Python support is available through Visual Studio Code.

Visual Studio 2015 Python Intellisense

1. Download and run the latest Visual Studio installer for Windows (Python support is present in release 15.2 and later). If you have Visual Studio installed already, run the Visual Studio installer and go to step 2.

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   The Community edition is for individual developers, classroom learning, academic research, and open source development. For other uses, install Visual Studio Professional or Visual Studio Enterprise.

2. The installer presents you with a list of workloads, which are groups of related options for specific development areas. For Python, select the Python development workload and select Install:

3. To quickly test Python support, launch Visual Studio, press Alt+I to open the Python Interactive window, and enter 2+2. If you don't see the output of 4, recheck your steps.

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