Python: Iteration Plan for October 2024 [DRAFT]

[kieferrm]

This plan captures our work on the Python Extension in October 2024. We follow the same iteration cycle as VS Code. Although we plan for a whole iteration, we may not only ship at the end of an iteration but throughout.

Legend of annotations

Mark	Description
🏃‍♀️	work in progress
✋	blocked task
💪	stretch goal for this iteration
🔴	missing issue reference
🔵	more investigation required to remove uncertainty
⚫	under discussion within the team
⬛	a large work item, larger than one iteration

Environments

• Regression with pet integration; @karthiknadig
• Regression with pixi behavior; @karthiknadig

Terminal

N/A

REPL

N/A

Testing

N/A

Debugger

N/A

Engineering

• Add symbol publisher to extension/npm templates; @karthiknadig

Documentation

• Add Python run docs; issue @cwebster-99

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November Items

- [ ] 🏃‍♀️ ⬛ Incorporate feedback on the environment manager extension; [issue](https://github.com//issues/24067); @karthiknadig - [ ] 🏃‍♀️ ⬛ Prep the python extension to allow using environment manager extension when available; [issue](https://github.com//issues/24025); @karthiknadig - [ ] Investigate why Pytest is forced to run in base conda environment. [issue](https://github.com//issues/24190); @anthonykim1 - [ ] Gitbash terminal not opening to desired workspace folder. [issue](https://github.com//issues/23829); @anthonykim1 - [ ] Properly differentiate Windows, Linux, and WSL for Python Shell Integration; [issue](https://github.com//issues/23829); @anthonykim1 - [ ] 🏃‍♀️ Python REPL doesn't handle window reload; [issue](https://github.com//issues/24021); @anthonykim1 - [ ] 💪 Show "install Jupyter extension" only if users have rich output in REPL; [issue](https://github.com//issues/24192); @anthonykim1 - [ ] Contribute to the coverage.py package through surfacing branch coverage; [issue](https://github.com//issues/24193); @eleanorjboyd - [ ] Add error communication around dynamic adapter activation bug [issue](https://github.com//issues/23234) @eleanorjboyd - [ ] Pytest `--rootdir` arg alignment with `python.testing.cwd` setting; [issue](https://github.com//issues/9553); @eleanorjboyd - [ ] 💪 add support for `pytest-describe` plugin; [issue](https://github.com//issues/21705); @eleanorjboyd - [ ] add support for interpreter paths with spaces in the debugpy extension; [issue](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-python-debugger/issues/233); @eleanorjboyd - [ ] fix bug on debugger restart testing running all tests in workspace; [](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-python-debugger/issues/338); @eleanorjboyd

Deferred Items

• Formalize Python project/packages structure and content for opinionated flow; issue; @cwebster-99 @karthiknadig

• ⬛ Create content for AI tutorial; issue; @cwebster-99 @luabud

• 💪 Leverage variable pane in Native REPL; issue; @anthonykim1 @amunger

• 💪 Support interrupt for Native REPL on Windows; issue; @anthonykim1

• 💪 Start refactoring code for custom args; issue; @eleanorjboyd

• 🏃 Add launch support for test discovery and execution in settings.json; issue @eleanorjboyd

• Unify venvPath and venvFolders; issue

• Switch to using unittest.main and a custom runner for unittest; issue; @eleanorjboyd

• Understand the problem for git pre-commit hooks; issue @anthonykim1

• 💪 Run in Python REPL for Chat; issue; @anthonykim1