Spyder 2.3 release candidate

[Carlos Córdoba]

Hi all,

On the behalf of Spyder's development team, I'm pleased to announce the
first and only release candidate of our upcoming 2.3 version.

We've been working on this version for over a year now and as far as we
know is very stable. There are still some minor bugs to squash but we
encourage all people who like the bleeding edge to give it a try.

The most important improvement of this release is that it supports
Python 3.2/3.3/3.4 besides (of course) Python 2.6/2.7. This version also
comes with highlighting of cells in the Editor, i.e. portions of a file
separated by comments of the form "# %%" (like Matlab cells), a new
shortcut to quickly move to the IPython console (Ctrl+Shift+I) and
several important bugfixes.

This release comes almost a month and a half after beta4 and we feel we
are quite close to the final one. To download it please go to our
Bitbucket Downloads page:

https://bitbucket.org/spyder-ide/spyderlib/downloads

See the incomplete changelog here:
http://code.google.com/p/spyderlib/wiki/ChangeLogBeta

And don't forget to follow Spyder updates/news on the project website
(http://code.google.com/p/spyderlib/) and on our official blog
(http://spyder-ide.blogspot.com/).

Enjoy!
Carlos

[Sylvain Corlay]

Hi Carlos, Congrats, Are you going to the Scipy conference this year? S.

[Yuxiang Wang]

Have been using this RC and loving it! Thank you Carlos!!

On Saturday, May 24, 2014 11:57:50 AM UTC-4, Carlos Córdoba wrote:

[Phyo Arkar]

If i rework on adaptable ipython schema , it will be too late for now i guess. Sorry man , i was very busy with my project and deadline is end of this month. If anyone want to take over my current work of adaptable ipython schema let me know.

 

Carlos

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[Carlos Córdoba]

@Sylvain: Sorry, no financial aid for me this year, so no SciPy :( I'm a bit sad because it's such a nice conference and I had a pretty good talk to give!

@Phyo: Yes, it's too late for 2.3 but you can work on it for 2.3.1 (our first bugfix release) to be released at the end of July or first week of August. Just submit a PR as soon as you can so we can start to discuss it with a good amount of time.

@Yuxiang: Great, I'm glad you like it!


Cheers,
Carlos

El 25/05/14 13:00, Phyo Arkar escribió:

If i rework on adaptable ipython schema , it will be too late for now i guess. Sorry man , i was very busy with my project and deadline is end of this month. If anyone want to take over my current work of adaptable ipython schema let me know.

On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 10:27 PM, Carlos Córdoba <ccord...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi all,

On the behalf of Spyder's development team, I'm pleased to announce the first and only release candidate of our upcoming 2.3 version.

We've been working on this version for over a year now and as far as we know is very stable. There are still some minor bugs to squash but we encourage all people who like the bleeding edge to give it a try.

The most important improvement of this release is that it supports Python 3.2/3.3/3.4 besides (of course) Python 2.6/2.7. This version also comes with highlighting of cells in the Editor, i.e. portions of a file separated by comments of the form "# %%" (like Matlab cells), a new shortcut to quickly move to the IPython console (Ctrl+Shift+I) and several important bugfixes.

This release comes almost a month and a half after beta4 and we feel we are quite close to the final one. To download it please go to our Bitbucket Downloads page:

https://bitbucket.org/spyder-ide/spyderlib/downloads

See the incomplete changelog here:
http://code.google.com/p/spyderlib/wiki/ChangeLogBeta

And don't forget to follow Spyder updates/news on the project website (http://code.google.com/p/spyderlib/) and on our official blog (http://spyder-ide.blogspot.com/).

Enjoy!

Carlos

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[Nicholas Chisholm]

Carlos & the Spyder team,

Thanks for the excellent work, and I look forward to the final release!

Carlos, it is upsetting to me that you do not have funding to attend the Scipy conference. The work you are doing is extremely important in my opinion. I switched from MATLAB to Python for doing scientific computing a few months ago and Spyder made that transition much easier. Heck, doesn't Anaconda use Spyder as it's featured code editor? I feel like they ought to be happy to give you the money to attend the conference considering the software you are creating has the potential to bring them a lot of users. I'd give you the money if I had it (grad student's don't make much) and I'd definitely give you the money if I ran a company that relied on scientists/engineers using Python to get business. Even Enthought's code editor has nowhere near the feature set of Spyder at present, and it doesn't seem to have been appreciably updated in a while.

It makes me said, but hopefully you will be able to attend next year.

Nick

[Carlos Córdoba]

Hi Nick,

Thanks for your kind words. All the work we are putting in Spyder (well, I can't speak for everyone, but I feel that's the case :-) is motivated to make Scientifc Python *really*  accessible for everyone (grads, undergrads, hobbyists, etc). Scientific Python is still a bit like Linux was before Ubuntu and we are trying to change that for good!

Don't be so harsh on Continuum :-) They've been really nice with us and they're also doing a heck of a job with Anaconda and Conda. It's made super easy to install and use Scientific Python on the desktop, something that was sorely needed!

I'm planning to open a donations channel in a couple of months so that people can help us with these kind of things.


Cheers,
Carlos

El 03/06/14 10:29, Nicholas Chisholm escribió:

[Sylvain Corlay]

+1 on Nick's comment. It is really too bad that you cannot come to the Scipy conference. 

Cheers, Sylvain

[Carlos Córdoba]

So are you going to attend? Too bad we can't meet in person!

Cheers,
Carlos

El 03/06/14 11:24, Sylvain Corlay escribió:

[Sylvain Corlay]

Yes I am coming for the first time (just to attend). That is why I was asking if I would see you there. 

It would have been great to debate coloring schemes viva voce :) 

S. 

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[Nicholas Chisholm]

Carlos,

I didn't mean to have a harsh tone toward Continuum (or Enthought -- I'm a happy user). I agree with you, and I think that they both do really great work in making scientific python available to the masses at a very affordable price. Just out of curiosity, have you contacted Continuum about possible funding? Since they integrate Spyder into Anaconda, I wonder if there is any possibility that they would give the project a donation or something for this sort of stuff. Or maybe they already do...

Cheers,

Nick

[Carlos Córdoba]

Hi Nick,

I know you didn't mean to be harsh, I was just kidding :-) For now I can only say that yes, we've been in contact with Continuum guys about possible funding. I'll publish a message on the list when I have something more solid to say :-)


Cheers,
Carlos

El 03/06/14 12:50, Nicholas Chisholm escribió:

[Phyo Arkar]

Hey Carlos

I have sumitted PR for Adaptable IPython schema support. Fixed startup bug and reformatted template to use .fromat().

Please check.