diff --git a/content/authors/mrclary/contents.lr b/content/authors/mrclary/contents.lr new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6c3b2e3 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/authors/mrclary/contents.lr @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +_model: author +--- +name: Ryan Clary +--- +image: mrclary.jpg diff --git a/content/authors/mrclary/mrclary.jpg b/content/authors/mrclary/mrclary.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ea336fd Binary files /dev/null and b/content/authors/mrclary/mrclary.jpg differ diff --git a/content/blog/cbi-installers/contents.lr b/content/blog/cbi-installers/contents.lr new file mode 100644 index 0000000..84fe4b5 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/cbi-installers/contents.lr @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +title: Spyder 6 will get a new installer for all platforms and a standalone application for Linux! +--- +author: mrclary +--- +pub_date: 2024-04-11 00:00 +--- +category: Announcement +--- +tags: milestone, new-feature, installers +--- +summary: Spyder 6 will introduce new conda-based installers for Windows, macOS, and Linux. While Windows and macOS have had installers for some time, this new development will provide a more consistent and reliable user experience across all platforms, including Linux. Additionally, the new installers lay the foundation for several exciting new Spyder features. +--- +body: + +For the last several years, Spyder has offered standalone installers for Windows and macOS which isolate Spyder's runtime environment from users' development environments. +This provides a more stable user experience than traditional conda or pip installation methods. +However, these standalone installers did not allow implementing desirable features, such as automatic incremental updates or installing external Spyder plugins like Spyder-Notebook and Spyder-Unittest. +Additionally, these standalone applications were limited to Windows and macOS. + +Our new installers will provide a more consistent experience for users across all platforms, including Linux, while maintaining the benefits of an isolated runtime environment for Spyder. +Additionally, they are fully compatible with incremental updates and external plugin management. +Look for future announcements about these and other features! + +So, what will you see with these new installers? +If you are a Windows user, you will continue to have a graphical interface guiding you through the installation process, and will likely not notice any difference from the previous experience. + +![Windows installer](windows.png) + +If you are a macOS user, you will now have a `.pkg` package installer instead of a `.dmg` disk image. +Rather than drag-and-drop the application to the `Applications` folder, the `.pkg` installer provides a graphical interface that will guide you through the installation process with more flexibility. + +![macOS installer](macos.png) + +If you are a Linux user, you will have an interactive shell script guiding you through the installation process. +This ensures it is compatible with as many distributions and desktop environments as possible. + +![Linux installer](linux.png) + +In all cases, you will not need to have Anaconda installed, nor do you need an existing Python environment; in fact, you don't even need a preexisting Python installation! +These installers are completely self-contained. +Spyder will continue to include popular packages such as NumPy, SciPy, Pandas and Matplotlib so you can start coding out-of-the-box. +However, you will still be able to use Spyder with your existing conda, venv, Python.org, and other Python installers and environments as before. +Furthermore, only Spyder and its critical dependencies will be updated on each new release, which will make getting the latest version a lean and frictionless process. + +The Spyder team is really excited about these new installers and the new features they will make possible, and we hope you enjoy them too! diff --git a/content/blog/cbi-installers/linux.png b/content/blog/cbi-installers/linux.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..72e33ec Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/cbi-installers/linux.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/cbi-installers/macos.png b/content/blog/cbi-installers/macos.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fe8f251 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/cbi-installers/macos.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/cbi-installers/windows.png b/content/blog/cbi-installers/windows.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0601822 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/cbi-installers/windows.png differ