I am struggling to get set up. I have run into limitations scripting in a GH component, and in the Python script window in Rhino. I have downloaded PyCharm and got it running IronPython, but the instructions beyond that… those breadcrumbs have been scattered by time. I also tried downloading a few other IDEs, but they turned out to be dead ends as well.
Does anyone have a workflow that allows them to edit and debug python while being able to see what it means in a Rhino window? Or anything even close to that?
I cannot tell from what’s available online if RhinoInside for python is intended to help with this or not. Does anyone know?
You may want to look into visual studio code. It has an extension called “RhinoPython” that looks like it might suit your needs. As for my workflow, I typically just script using visual studio code in a separate development directory that has been set up to use git, then copy the files into the plugins folder for testing.
Thank you, @Greg_Bossons. Your answer came in right as everything went haywire at work. I have not had time to try out your suggestion, but I will.
Embarrassingly, I had been trying to use Visual Studio, not realizing the word ‘code’ at the end meant a different product all together. I just thought that all the comments I had come across about it, which were several years old, referred to a deprecated version! No wonder none of the advice I saw made any sense.