nbgrader v0.3.0 released

[Jessica B. Hamrick]

Hi all,

nbgrader version 0.3.0 has been released on PyPI and for Anaconda. This version of nbgrader introduces several significant changes. Most notably, this includes:

• Windows support
  
• Support for Python 3.5
  
• Support for Jupyter Notebook 4.2
  
• Allow assignments and students to be specified in nbgrader_config.py
  
• Addition of the “nbgrader quickstart” command
  
• Addition of the “nbgrader extension uninstall” command
  
• Create a nbgrader conda recipe
  
• Add an entrypoint for late penalty plugins

The full list of merged PRs is:

• PR #521: Update to most recent version of invoke
  
• PR #512: Late penalty plugin
  
• PR #510: Fix failing windows tests
  
• PR #508: Run notebook/formgrader/jupyterhub on random ports during tests
  
• PR #507: Add a FAQ
  
• PR #506: Produce a warning if no coverage files are produced
  
• PR #505: Use .utcnow() rather than .now()
  
• PR #498: Add a section on autograding wisdom
  
• PR #495: Raise an error on iopub timeout
  
• PR #494: Write documentation on creating releases
  
• PR #493: Update nbgrader to be compatible with notebook version 4.2
  
• PR #492: Remove generate_hubapi_token from docs
  
• PR #490: Temporarily pin to notebook 4.1
  
• PR #489: Make sure next/prev buttons use correct base_url
  
• PR #486: Add new words to wordlist
  
• PR #485: Update README gif links after docs move into nbgrader
  
• PR #477: Create a conda recipe
  
• PR #473: More helpful default comment box message
  
• PR #470: Fix broken links
  
• PR #467: unpin jupyter-client
  
• PR #466: Create nbgrader quickstart command
  
• PR #465: Confirm no SSL when running jupyterhub
  
• PR #464: Speed up tests
  
• PR #461: Add more prominent links to demo
  
• PR #460: Test that other kernels work with nbgrader
  
• PR #458: Add summary and links to resources in docs
  
• PR #457: Update formgrader options to not conflict with the notebook
  
• PR #455: More docs
  
• PR #454: Simplify directory and notebook names
  
• PR #453: Merge user guide into a few files
  
• PR #452: Improve docs reliability
  
• PR #451: Execute documentation notebooks manually
  
• PR #449: Allow –assignment flag to be used with transfer apps
  
• PR #448: Add –no-execute flag to autogradeapp.py
  
• PR #447: Remove option to generate the hubapi token
  
• PR #446: Make sure perms are set correctly by nbgrader submit
  
• PR #445: Skip failures and log to file
  
• PR #444: Fix setup.py
  
• PR #443: Specify assignments and students in the config file
  
• PR #442: Fix build errors
  
• PR #430: Reintroduce flit-less setup.py
  
• PR #425: Enable 3.5 on travis.
  
• PR #421: Fix Contributor Guide link
  
• PR #414: Restructure user guide TOC and doc flow to support new users
  
• PR #413: Windows support
  
• PR #411: Add tests for https
  
• PR #409: Make a friendlier development install
  
• PR #408: Fix formgrader to use course directory
  
• PR #407: Add –no-metadata option to nbgrader assign
  
• PR #405: nbgrader release typo
  
• PR #402: Create a Contributor Guide in docs
  
• PR #397: Port formgrader to tornado
  
• PR #395: Specify root course directory
  
• PR #387: Use sys.executable to run suprocesses
  
• PR #386: Use relative imports
  
• PR #384: Rename the html directory to formgrader
  
• PR #381: Access notebook server of formgrader user

Thanks to the following contributors who submitted PRs or reported issues that were merged/closed for the 0.3.0 release:

• alchemyst
  
• Carreau
  
• ellisonbg
  
• ischurov
  
• jdfreder
  
• jhamrick
  
• jklymak
  
• joschu
  
• lgpage
  
• mandli
  
• mikebolt
  
• minrk
  
• olgabot
  
• sansary
  
• svurens
  
• vinaykola
  
• willingc
  

Cheers,

Jess

[Fernando Perez]

On Sat, Jun 25, 2016 at 2:06 AM, Jessica B. Hamrick <jessica....@gmail.com> wrote:

nbgrader version 0.3.0 has been released on PyPI and for Anaconda. This version of nbgrader introduces several significant changes. Most notably, this includes:

Congrats to Jess and all the contributors, and thanks for the hard work!

Delighted to see a community grow around the tool.

Cheers

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[JW Kim]

Dear Jesse,

I am trying out nbgrader for the first time. I have installed  nbgrader 0.3.0 version on Windows 64bit system and followed the instructions given in the documentation. But when I tried to run  'nbgrader release assignment_id'  I got the following error message:

'[ReleaseApp | ERROR] Sorry, nbgrader release is not available on Windows.'

Could you please help me how to fix this error?

Thank you,

Jai Won Kim

[Jessica B. Hamrick]

Hi Jai Won,

Unfortunately, the file managing parts of nbgrader (release/fetch/submit/collect/list) don't work on Windows. I have opened an issue to make this clearer in the documentation.

Cheers,

Jess