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Python v2019.2.0 Release Notes

Release Date: 2019-02-26 // about 5 years ago

  • Thanks

    Thanks to the following projects which we fully rely on to provide some of our features:

    Also thanks to the various projects we provide integrations with which help 👉 make this extension useful:

    And finally thanks to the Python development team and community for creating a fantastic programming language and community to be a part of!

    ✨ Enhancements

    ✅ 1. Support launch configs for debugging tests. (#332)

    1. Add way to send code to the Python Interactive window without having to put #%% into a file. (#3171) 👍 1. Support simple variable substitution in .env files. (#3275) 👍 1. Support live share in Python interactive window (experimental). (#3581)
    2. Strip comments before sending so shell command and multiline jupyter magics work correctly. (#4064) 🚀 1. Add a build number to our released builds. (#4183)
    3. Prompt the user to send shift-enter to the interactive window. (#4184) 🌐 1. Added Dutch translation. (thanks Robin Martijn with the feedback of Michael van Tellingen) (#4186) ✅ 1. Add the Test Activity view. (#4272) ✅ 1. Added action buttons to top of Test Explorer. (#4275) ✅ 1. Navigation to test output from Test Explorer. (#4279) 🔧 1. Add the command 'Configure Unit Tests'. (#4286) ⚡️ 1. Do not update unit test settings if configuration is cancelled. (#4287) 🔧 1. Keep testing configuration alive when losing UI focus. (#4288) ✅ 1. Display test activity only when tests have been discovered. (#4317) 🔧 1. Added a button to configure unit tests when prompting users that tests weren't discovered. (#4318) 💻 1. Use VSC API to open browser window (#4322)
    4. Don't shut down the notebook server on window close. (#4348)
    5. Added command Show Output to display the Python output panel. (#4362) ✅ 1. Fix order of icons in test explorer and items. (#4364) ✅ 1. Run failed tests icon should only appear if and when a test has failed. (#4371) 🚀 1. Update ptvsd to 4.2.4. (#4457)
      • Validate breakpoint targets.
      • Properly exclude certain files from showing up in the debugger.

    🛠 Fixes

    👍 1. Add support for multi root workspaces with the new language server server. (#3008) 👕 1. Move linting tests to unit-testing for better reliability. (#3914)

    1. Allow "Run Cell" code lenses on non-local files. (#3995) ✅ 1. Functional test for the input portion of the python interactive window. (#4057)
    2. Fix hitting the up arrow on the input prompt for the Python Interactive window to behave like the terminal window when only 1 item in the history. (#4145)
    3. Fix problem with webview panel not being dockable anywhere but view column 2. (#4237) 🛠 1. More fixes for history in the Python Interactive window input prompt. (#4255) ✅ 1. Fix precedence in parsePyTestModuleCollectionResult. (thanks Tammo Ippen) (#4360) ⏪ 1. Revert pipenv activation to not use pipenv shell.` (#4394)
    4. Fix shift enter to send selection when cells are defined. (#4413) ✅ 1. Icons should display only in test explorer. (#4418) 🚀 1. Update ptvsd to 4.2.4. (#4457)
      • BreakOnSystemExitZero now respected.
      • Fix a bug causing breakpoints not to be hit when attached to a remote target.
    5. Fix double running of cells with the context menu (#4532) ⚡️ 1. Update the Python language server to 0.1.80.

    Code Health

    1. Fix all typescript errors when compiled in strict mode. (#611) ✅ 1. Get functional tests running nightly again. (#3973)
    2. Turn on strict type checking (typescript compiling) for Datascience code. (#4058)
    3. Turn on strict typescript compile for the data science react code. (#4091) 👷 1. Fix issue causing debugger tests to timeout on CI servers. (#4148)
    4. Don't register language server onTelemetry when downloadLanguageServer is false. (#4199) ✅ 1. Fixes to smoke tests on CI. (#4201)