FAQ

Q: How does this make Python Tools for Visual Studio projects`?

The vsgenptvs Python package is a plugin to another package, vsgen, and contains the metadata and code to generate Python Tools for Visual Studio projects.

The vsgenptvs Python packages labels all of its information with a ptvs reference tag and makes this tag dicoverable to vsgen. When vsgen and vsgenptvs are installed into the same Python environment, vsgen has can discover all of the ptvs information and build the projects (another other items) accordingly.

Q: Do I need to install vsgen separately?

Not if you’re using pip. Pip will install everything for you. If you’re doing something else, then yes, maybe.