Development environment, Python support

[cemycc]

Hey,

Want to write some plugins, I am working as a programmer but with Python and Web stuff.

Want to know what IDE are you guys using for develop ? Is Visual Studio an option or just a good text editor like Sublime ?

Is there any HelloWorld examples updated for the last versions ?
What is the exact structure of a plugin and what classes we need to create or from what we need to extend ?

Btw, is there any IRC channel or any chat group where we can discuss about it ?

Thanks

 

[toNyx]

Hey,

Want to write some plugins, I am working as a programmer but with Python and Web stuff.

Want to know what IDE are you guys using for develop ? Is Visual Studio an option or just a good text editor like Sublime ?

Is there any HelloWorld examples updated for the last versions ?
What is the exact structure of a plugin and what classes we need to create or from what we need to extend ?

Btw, is there any IRC channel or any chat group where we can discuss about it ?

Thanks

We're using Visual Studio, especially because it has Resharper compatibility, which helps us keep our code "clean". And it has some auto-implementation features that are also pretty neat.
It also supports WPF which is essential for EB (GUI)

Your python skill can be useful, EB has an IronPython implementation which means you can execute Python scripts after including a c# object reference into it. like

 myscriptmanager.scope.Add("item", YOUR_C#_ITEM)

which means you could use "item" as if it was a c# object, and access any properties from it, but inside a Python script.

You can find some guides around on the developer forum (some may be outdated)