[GIS] Setting up a QGIS Plugin Development Environment in Visual Studio and PTVS

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I would like to create a plugin using Visual Studio 2015 and Python tools (PTVS). I have a basic hello world plugin written outside visual Studio and It loads fine in QGIS 2.10 Pisa. I have installed the Visual Studio and PTVS and I am looking for a way to work using the Visual Studio Environment.

I have set up a Python environment within visual studio however I cannot get the REPL prompt to work. Has anyone done anything similar?

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You can debug plugin in Visual Studio 2015.

Create project file for VS2015 and add break points in code.
Start QGIS dont load plugin.
Go to Debug -> Attach To Process (Ctrl + Alt + P). Find the qgis process and attach to it.
Break point is hit and you can debug

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Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.ArcMapUI
Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto
Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.Display
Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.CartoUI
Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.Geodatabase

Public Class ShowSelectedWR
Inherits ESRI.ArcGIS.Desktop.AddIns.Button
Dim pMxDoc As IMxDocument
Dim activeView As IMap

Sub test()
    Dim pMxDoc As IMxDocument
    Dim pActiveView As IActiveView
    Dim pIdentifyDialog As IIdentifyDialog
    Dim pIdentifyDialogProps As IIdentifyDialogProps
    Dim pEnumLayer As IEnumLayer
    Dim pLayer As ILayer2
    Dim pFtrLyr As IFeatureLayer
    Dim pFtrSel As IFeatureSelection
    Dim pFtrCsr As IFeatureCursor
    Dim pFtr As IFeature

    pMxDoc = My.ArcMap.Application.Document
    pActiveView = pMxDoc.FocusMap
    pIdentifyDialog = New IdentifyDialog
    pIdentifyDialogProps = pIdentifyDialog
    pIdentifyDialog.Map = pMxDoc.FocusMap
    pIdentifyDialog.Display = pActiveView.ScreenDisplay

    pIdentifyDialog.ClearLayers()

    pEnumLayer = pIdentifyDialogProps.Layers

    pEnumLayer.Reset()
    pLayer = pEnumLayer.Next

    ' Get a ref to the first layer
    pFtrLyr = pMxDoc.FocusMap.Layer(0)

    ' Get a cursor on the selected features in this layer
    pFtrSel = pFtrLyr
    ' Sets cursor to start at beginning of selected feature
    pFtrSel.SelectionSet.Search(Nothing, False, pFtrCsr)

    ' loop thru selected features and display OID of each

    pFtr = pFtrCsr.NextFeature
    While Not pLayer Is Nothing
        Do While Not pFtr Is Nothing
            'MsgBox("Before pFtr NextFeature Call")
            pIdentifyDialog.AddLayerIdentifyOID(pLayer, pFtr.OID)
            Debug.Print(pFtr.OID)
            pFtr = pFtrCsr.NextFeature
            'MsgBox("End of First Loop")
        Loop
        ' Loop to move through layers and NOT call identify loop unless 
        ' there are selected records.
        pLayer = pEnumLayer.Next
        If Not pLayer Is Nothing Then
            pFtrLyr = pLayer
            pFtrSel = pFtrLyr
            pFtrSel.SelectionSet.Search(Nothing, False, pFtrCsr)
            Debug.Print(pFtrLyr.Name)
            pFtr = pFtrCsr.NextFeature
        End If
    End While
    pIdentifyDialog.Show()
End Sub

Public Sub New()

End Sub

Protected Overrides Sub OnClick()
    test()
End Sub

Protected Overrides Sub OnUpdate()
    Enabled = My.ArcMap.Application IsNot Nothing
End Sub
End Class

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