I believe that's one of the limitations of the express edition, that you can't install extensions. You need at least Visual Studio Pro if you want to use them.
As a longtime visual studio user, I've found the python support to be pretty terrible. If you want a nice ide-based experience, I'd look into something like PyCharm <https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/>(it's free for non-commercial use), and if a text editor with lots of extensability is more what you're needing (and when I say lots, I mean lots) you can try out SublimeText <http://www.sublimetext.com/>with the MayaSublime <https://github.com/justinfx/MayaSublime>extension. Personally, I use Wing IDE <https://wingware.com/>, but that's a bit more pricey. On Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 7:50 AM, Rudi Hammad <[email protected]> wrote: > hello, > I am trying to use visual studio as maya IDE. I have visual studio Express > 2013. I downloaded python and followed the instructions posted here > http://josbalcaen.com/maya-python-visual-studio-2012/ > I can´t get to work the extension ToMaya ( > https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/80e6846e-c40c-435b-b23a-f0cabb23569b) > <https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/80e6846e-c40c-435b-b23a-f0cabb23569b> > when I try to open ToMaya2013.vsix i get the error this extension is not > installable on any currently installed products. > so I just can´t right? > cheers > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/315d4b2b-cb44-48f9-86b3-54f69765b155%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/315d4b2b-cb44-48f9-86b3-54f69765b155%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/CAM33%3Da6%3Dkd2wM1b%3D2c9QV82PUE2Kknr9rroJ6UHov261hzKM6A%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
