Get object type

# To query the type of an object:
pm.objectType( 'sphere1Shape' )
# Result: u'nurbsSurface' #

# To confirm that sphere1Shape really is a nurbs surface:
pm.objectType( 'sphere1Shape', isType='nurbsSurface' )
# Result: True #

Debug in Maya with Visual Studio Code

Working on more complex scripting projects in Maya, the time spent debugging grows. Time is precious and having a clean debug workflow is the big bang here. I switched to VS Code recently and found setting up the Maya debugging connection quite simple, thanks to this great blog post by iwonderwhatjoeisworkingon http://iwonderwhatjoeisworkingon.blogspot.com/2017/04/debugging-maya-using-visual-studio-code.html