Merge pull request #348 from sciris/rc2.0.0c

Rc2.0.0c

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ New functions and methods
 #. ``sc.randsleep()`` sleeps for a nondeterministic period of time
 #. ``sc.loadzip()`` extracts (or reads data from) zip files
 #. ``sc.loadyaml()`` and ``sc.saveyaml()`` load and save YAML files, respectively.
+#. ``sc.download()`` downloads multiple files in parallel.
+#. ``sc.LazyModule()`` handles lazily loaded modules (see ``sc.importbyname()`` for usage).
 
 Bugfixes
 ~~~~~~~~
@@ -49,6 +51,11 @@ Improvements
 #. ``sc.checktype()`` now includes boolean arrays as being ``arraylike``, and has a new ``'bool'`` option.
 #. Added ``dict_keys()``, ``dict_values()``, and ``dict_items()`` methods for ``sc.odict()``.
 #. File-saving functions now have a ``sanitizepath`` argument (previously, some used file path sanitization and others didn't). They also now return the full path of the saved file.
+#. ``sc.Spreadsheet()`` now has a ``new()`` method that creates a blank workbook.
+#. ``sc.animation()`` now defaults to ``ffmpeg`` for saving.
+#. ``sc.date()`` can now read ``np.datetime64`` objects.
+#. ``sc.wget()`` can now save to files.
+#. ``sc.importbyname()`` can now load multiple modules, and load them lazily.
 
 Housekeeping
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -57,6 +64,8 @@ Housekeeping
 #. Most instances of ``DeprecationWarning`` have been changed to ``FutureWarning``.
 #. Python 2 compatibility functions (e.g. ``sc.loadobj2or3()``) have been moved to a separate module, ``sc.sc_legacy``, which is no longer imported by default.
 #. Added style and contributing guides.
+#. Added official support for Python 3.7-3.10.
+#. ``sc.wget()`` was renamed ``sc.urlopen()``.
 
 Regression information
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

CONTRIBUTING.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+======================
+Contributing to Sciris
+======================
+
+Welcome! We are thrilled you are interested in contributing to Sciris. This document will help you get started.
+
+- The Sciris community follows a `code of conduct`_. By participating in this project, you agree to abide by its terms.
+- Take a look at our house `style guide`_. Sciris more or less follows Google's Python style guide, but with some exceptions. 
+- Feel free to `open an issue`_ on more or less anything! This project is small enough that we don't need a formal triage system.
+- Pull requests should be made against ``develop``. In addition to following the `style guide`_, please make sure the tests pass (``run_tests`` in the ``tests`` folder; they also run via GitHub actions).
+
+If you have any other questions, please reach out to us: info@sciris.org. Thank you!
+
+.. _code of conduct: https://github.com/sciris/sciris/blob/develop/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.rst
+.. _style guide: https://github.com/sciris/sciris/blob/develop/STYLE_GUIDE.rst
+.. _open an issue: https://github.com/sciris/sciris/issues/new/choose

docs/contributing.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.. include:: ../CONTRIBUTING.rst

docs/index.rst

@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ Contents
 
    overview
    whatsnew
-   style_guide
+   contributing
    code_of_conduct
+   style_guide
 
 .. autosummary::
    :toctree: _autosummary

sciris/__init__.py

@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
 
 # Import everything
 from .sc_version   import *
-from .sc_settings  import *
 from .sc_utils     import *
 from .sc_printing  import *
-from .sc_datetime  import *
 from .sc_nested    import *
-from .sc_math      import *
 from .sc_odict     import *
+from .sc_settings  import *
+from .sc_datetime  import *
+from .sc_math      import *
 from .sc_dataframe import *
 from .sc_fileio    import *
 from .sc_profiling import *