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The inside scoop on Spyder 6's new remote development platform

Hendrik LouzadaC.A.M. Gerlach

Hendrik Louzada

C.A.M. Gerlach

Published on November 29, 2024

Spyder 6 includes a brand new remote development platform, building the foundations for enabling Spyder to easily leverage the power and data of remote desktops, servers, clusters and the cloud from anywhere! Hendrik Louzada, the lead developer behind this new backend, shares the details on how it all works, how he implemented it and his experiences doing so, and what's next for remote development in Spyder 6.1!

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Officially announcing the release of Spyder 6!

C.A.M. Gerlach

C.A.M. Gerlach

Published on October 17, 2024

After two years in development and more than 2600 commits from over two dozen authors around the world, Spyder 6.0.0 had its stable release on September 3, 2024! Now that 6.0.1 is out and the dust has settled, we'd like to formally announce the release here, thank those who've contributed to it, and introduce a series of posts highlighting its major new features and improvements that haven't already been showcased here.

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Scientific IDE UX Birds of a Feather session at SciPy 2024

C.A.M. Gerlach

C.A.M. Gerlach

Published on September 18, 2024

The Spyder team hosted a Birds of a Feather session at SciPy 2024, this time on the topic of users' experiences (good and bad) with the UI/UX of scientific interfaces and IDEs, and how their developers can better serve users. Here, we share what we learned from the session, as well as a link to the full detailed community notes.

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Spyder gets CZI grant to add remote development features, and a new job opening!

Carlos Córdoba

Carlos Córdoba

Published on June 8, 2023

Spyder has received a two-year grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to add remote development capabilities to our beloved IDE. This means you'll be able to easily take advantage of the vast resources offered by HPC clusters or the cloud to execute your code, while working from the comfort of your personal computer. And if you're interested in helping us implement that, we may have just the job opportunity for you!

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Improvements to the Spyder IDE installation experience

Daniel Althviz

Daniel Althviz

Published on November 30, 2022

Spyder 5.4.0 was released recently, featuring some major enhancements to the Windows and macOS standalone installers. You'll now get more detailed feedback when new versions are available, and you can download and start the update to them from right within Spyder, instead of having to install them manually. Read on to learn how these new update features work and how to use them.

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