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PyCoder’s Weekly: Issue #740: Pluggy, ABCs, Scrapy Extensions, and More (2026-06-23)

This edition of PyCoder's Weekly focuses on Python development and community news. It introduces the open-source Pluggy plugin system used by frameworks like pytest and tox. There's a guide on implementing interfaces in Python using ABCs and Protocols, with a related quiz. A sponsor highlights Honeybadger for production monitoring of Python applications.The newsletter features a tutorial on building Scrapy extensions to enhance web scraping capabilities. Dates for the 2026 PSF Board Election are announced, along with newly finalized PEPs related to Python 3.15. The Django Software Foundation is searching for an Executive Director, and videos from PyData London 2026 are now available.Articles cover Python 3.14's garbage collection changes, a comparison of Python task queue libraries for 2026, and concerns about security vulnerabilities in AI code completions. Community discussions touch on dependency management challenges for new developers and context engineering for Python codebases with AI. Tips are provided for building Python skills valued in the job market.Readers can learn to run modified Python code using the AST module and create SciPy presentations with Quarto. New projects highlighted include asncounter, hydra, warp, python-socketio, and marimo-tutorials. Upcoming events include virtual office hours and various Python user group meetups in June and July.
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