Announcing Mu 1.0.0-beta.17 #madewithmu #Python #circuitpython
The Mu Team is pleased to announce the availability of Mu 1.0.0-beta.17, a Python code editor for beginner programmers! This is the final beta version before a release candidate later this week and the final 1.0 release sometime next week. This version is feature complete for 1.0. Any further changes will be bug fixes or cosmetic changes rather than new features.
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Updates to the Python visual debugger (which is working really well).
Protection from “shadow modules”. When many new programmers first save, for example, someturtle based code they call their file turtle.py. This breaks Python in a subtle yet opaque manner for beginners. Of course, their new turtle.py file takes precedence in the import path, so where their code says import turtle it is, in fact, trying to import itself..! Not a good situation for anyone, let alone a beginner programmer. As a result, Mu will complain if you try to give a file the same name as an existing module on your Python path. We know from extensive feedback this feature will save hours of confused head-scratching for beginners and teachers.
These and many more are in beta17. As always, feedback, bug reports and ideas would be most welcome! #madewithmu
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