Meta’s long-awaited Pyrefly linter is out in a 1.0 version, and the forthcoming Python 3.15 has a super-efficient sampling profiler. Plus we have a comprehensive rundown of Python’s indispensable virtual environments — and a warning about a novel breed of malware that exploits Python’s package ecosystem.
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How to use virtual environments in PythonIsolate and protect your Python projects from each other, and empower them to do more, with virtual environments and their native-to-Python tooling.
Pyrefly 1.0: A fast, forward-looking Python linterThe first full release of Meta’s long-awaited linting and type checking tool for Python delivers speed and offers advanced features for type-checking PyTorch and Django projects.
Pyodide 314.0: Pyodide packages on PyPIThanks to PEP 783, Python packages built with Pyodide (Python ported to WebAssembly) can be installed straight from PyPI instead of through Pyodide — another step closer to Py-on-Wasm becoming an everyday thing.
