How to build Python 2.7.5 using Visual Studio 2012 Express on Windows 8 64-bit
References:
[wiki:VS2010]
Prepare Environment
1. Download Python 2.7.5 source from python.org
2. Download and install an SVN command-line client (Try SlickSVN)
3. Download and install Perl64
4. Download and install Visual Studio Express 2012
Test Environment
1. Open a shell
2. Bring in the msvc compiler environment for x64 by doing:
call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat" x86_amd64
Verify by typing 'cl.exe':Microsoft (R) C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 17.00.60610.1 for x64
3. Try running the svn client: 'svn --version':
svn, version 1.8.3-SlikSvn-1.8.3-X64 (SlikSvn/1.8.3) X64 compiled Sep 4 2013, 16:04:02 on x86_64/x86-microsoft-windows6.1.7601 Copyright (C) 2013 The Apache Software Foundation.
4. Try running perl: 'perl --version'
This is perl 5, version 16, subversion 3 (v5.16.3) built for MSWin32-x64-multi-thread