Python Bytes: #393 Dare enter the Bash dungeon?

<strong>Topics covered in this episode:</strong><br> <ul> <li><a href="https://marimo.io"><strong>Marimo:</strong></a><a href="https://marimo.io"> </a><a href="https://marimo.io"><strong>“Future</strong></a><a href="https://marimo.io"> <strong>of Notebooks”</strong></a></li> <li><a href="https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/changelog.html#pytest-8-3-1-2024-07-20"><strong>pytest 8.3.0 &amp; 8.3.1 are out</strong></a></li> <li><a href="https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2024/06/python-language-summit-2024.html"><strong>Python Language Summit 2024</strong></a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/wolandark/bash-dungeon/"><strong>bash-dungeon</strong></a></li> <li><strong>Extras</strong></li> <li><strong>Joke</strong></li> </ul><a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwTJpSvrGls' style='font-weight: bold;'data-umami-event="Livestream-Past" data-umami-event-episode="393">Watch on YouTube</a><br> <p><strong>About the show</strong></p> <p>Sponsored by us! 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Older video versions available there too.</p> <p>Finally, if you want an artisanal, hand-crafted digest of every week of the show notes in email form? Add your name and email to <a href="https://pythonbytes.fm/friends-of-the-show">our friends of the show list</a>, we'll never share it.</p> <p><strong>Michael #1:</strong> <a href="https://marimo.io"><strong>Marimo:</strong></a><a href="https://marimo.io"> </a><a href="https://marimo.io"><strong>“Future</strong></a><a href="https://marimo.io"> <strong>of Notebooks”</strong></a></p> <ul> <li>via Matt Wilkie</li> <li>An <strong>open-source</strong> reactive notebook for Python</li> <li>Run one cell and marimo reacts by <strong>automatically running affected cells</strong>, eliminating the error-prone chore of managing notebook state.</li> <li>Marimo's reactive <strong>UI elements</strong>, like dataframe GUIs and plots, make working with data feel refreshingly fast, futuristic, and intuitive.</li> <li>Rapidly experiment with code and models</li> <li>Bind UI elements to Python values</li> <li>Pick-up-and-play design, with depth for power users</li> <li>See <a href="https://docs.marimo.io/faq.html">the FAQ</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Brian #2:</strong> <a href="https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/changelog.html#pytest-8-3-1-2024-07-20"><strong>pytest 8.3.0 &amp; 8.3.1 are out</strong></a></p> <ul> <li>Real excited to get --xfail-tb flag added <ul> <li>This detaches xfail tracebacks from -rx/-ra (which was how it was pre-8.0)</li> </ul></li> <li>Keyword matching for marker expressions, that’s fun. <ul> <li>pytest -v -m "device(serial='123')"</li> </ul></li> <li>--no-fold-skipped allows for explit reporting of names of skipped tests</li> <li>Plus many more improvements, bug fixes, and doc improvements</li> </ul> <p><strong>Michael #3:</strong> <a href="https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2024/06/python-language-summit-2024.html"><strong>Python Language Summit 2024</strong></a></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2024/06/python-language-summit-2024-should-python-adopt-calver.html">Should Python adopt Calendar Versioning?</a>: talk by Hugo van Kemenade</li> <li><a href="https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2024/06/python-language-summit-2024-python-security-model-after-xz.html">Python's security model after the xz-utils backdoor</a>: talk by Pablo Galindo Salgado</li> <li><a href="https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2024/06/python-language-summit-2024-c-api.html">Native Interface and Limited C API</a>: talks by Petr Viktorin and Victor Stinner</li> <li><a href="https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2024/06/python-language-summit-2024-free-threading-ecosystems.html">Free-threading ecosystems</a>: talk by Daniele Parmeggiani</li> <li><a href="https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2024/06/python-language-summit-2024-python-on-mobile.html">Python on Mobile</a>: talk by Malcolm Smith</li> <li><a href="https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2024/06/python-language-summit-2024-pyrepl-new-default-repl-for-python.html">PyREPL</a><a href="https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2024/06/python-language-summit-2024-pyrepl-new-default-repl-for-python.html"> </a><a href="https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2024/06/python-language-summit-2024-pyrepl-new-default-repl-for-python.html">--</a><a href="https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2024/06/python-language-summit-2024-pyrepl-new-default-repl-for-python.html"> New default REPL written in Python</a>: talk by Pablo Galindo Salgado, Łukasz Langa, and Lysandros Nikolaou</li> <li><a href="https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2024/06/python-language-summit-2024-pyrepl-new-pdb.html">Should we make pdb better?</a>: talk by Tian Gao</li> <li><a href="https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2024/06/python-language-summit-2024-limiting-yield-in-async-generators.html">Limiting yield in async generators</a>: talk by Zac Hatfield-Dodds</li> <li><a href="https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2024/06/python-language-summit-2024-annotations-as-transforms.html">Annotations as Transforms</a>: talk by Jason R. Coombs</li> <li><a href="https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2024/06/python-language-summit-2024-lightning-talks.html">Lightning Talks</a>, featuring talks by Petr Viktorin, David Hewitt, Emily Morehouse, Łukasz Langa, Pablo Galindo Salgado, and Yury Selivanov</li> </ul> <p><strong>Brian #4:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/wolandark/bash-dungeon/"><strong>bash-dungeon</strong></a></p> <ul> <li>“<em>This game is intended to teach new users how to use their shell in a fun and interactive way.”</em></li> <li>Just clone the repo and start exploring with cd, ls, and cat.</li> <li>First moves <ul> <li>cd bash-dungeon</li> <li>ls</li> <li>cd Enter</li> <li>ls</li> <li>cat parchment</li> </ul></li> <li>A fun way to learn some commands you might need and/or might have forgotten about.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Extras</strong> </p> <p>Brian:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://discuss.python.org/t/python-3-13-0b4-now-available/58565">Python 3.12.0b4, final beta, is out</a></li> <li>If hanging out on discuss.python.org, please checkout <ul> <li><a href="https://discuss.python.org/guidelines/">Community Guidelines</a></li> </ul></li> <li>And if it’s still not clear why we need these, check out <ul> <li><a href="https://discuss.python.org/t/inclusive-communications-expectations-in-python-spaces/57950">Inclusive communications expectations in Python spaces</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Google Chrome news</li> </ul> <p>Michael:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@ddsmit/112793568816585948">PySimpleGUI goes commercial with obfuscated</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@ddsmit/112793568816585948"> </a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@ddsmit/112793568816585948">“source</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@ddsmit/112793568816585948"> open”?</a></li> <li>Still have seats for <a href="https://talkpython.fm/castle">Code in a Castle event</a></li> <li><a href="https://training.talkpython.fm/courses/reactive-web-dashboards-with-shiny-for-data-science">Reactive Dashboards with Shiny for Python free course</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Joke:</strong> </p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/investment-2?utm_source=pocket_saves">40 Million in in Series A Funding</a> - may be a lot of reading, but I found it funny <ul> <li>Thanks to VM Brasseur for sharing this one.</li> </ul></li> <li>Also a few from <a href="https://pypi.org/project/pyjokes/0.7.2/#history">pyjokes 0.7.2</a> (first new version since 2019) <ul> <li>If at first you don't succeed, call it version 1.0.</li> <li>A product manager walks into a bar, asks for drink. Bartender says no, but will consider adding later.</li> <li>Triumphantly, Beth removed Python 2.7 from her server in 2030. 'Finally!' she said with glee, only to see the announcement for Python 4.4.1 <ul> <li>Although, if <a href="https://peps.python.org/pep-2026/">CalVer, PEP 2026</a>, happens, that’ll just be Python 3.30.0.</li> </ul></li> </ul></li> </ul>