Panda Update

[dagpunk]

Summary

The panda is known for its clear separation between different parts of its habitat. This release focuses on improving the user experience and simplifying the project's dependency management while maintaining a clear separation between different parts of the project.

It also adds pandas to the project to demonstrate maintaining dev and user requirements independently.

New features

• Dev and user requirements are now maintained in separate files: dev-requirements.in and requirements.in (closes Separate user and dev requirements #60)
• A third-party dependency, pandas, was added to the template's example code to support clear separation between dev and user requirements (closes Introduce a 3rd party dependency #90)

Issues fixed

• Resolved ValueError - int not callable when running flake8 by updating project dependency versions and modifying the package installation process in the GitHub Actions test workflow (closes Fix issue with flake8 linter #108)

Improvements

• Changed from static dependency versions to minimum versions (foopackage==3.2.7 => foopackage>=3.2)
• Remove pytest-xdist as a default dependency. Users can add this to their projects when needed and if they are okay with the added complexity. In the future, pytest-xdist could be an option to include in a template wizard.
• Remove CodeQL as a default CI/CD workflow. Users can add this to their projects when needed and if they are okay with the added complexity. CodeQL does not work well with private repositories, which makes its default inclusion an immediate hurdle for users who want to use the template in a new private repository. In the future, CodeQL could be an option to include in a template wizard. (closes Remove CodeQL from template #111)
• Improve pytest exception testing approach using pytest.raises() (closes Pytest exception handling and testing improvement #77)

Maintenance

• Updated project dependency versions

Closed pull requests

• Bump coverage from 6.4.4 to 6.5.0 by @dependabot in Bump coverage from 6.4.4 to 6.5.0 #86
• Bump pytest from 7.1.3 to 7.2.0 by @dependabot in Bump pytest from 7.1.3 to 7.2.0 #87
• Bump pytest-xdist from 2.5.0 to 3.0.2 by @dependabot in Bump pytest-xdist from 2.5.0 to 3.0.2 #88
• Spring cleaning 2023: bug fixes, updates, and improvements by @viperior in Spring cleaning 2023: bug fixes, updates, and improvements #109
• Bump pytest from 7.2.1 to 7.2.2 by @dependabot in Bump pytest from 7.2.1 to 7.2.2 #112
• Bump pylint from 2.16.2 to 2.16.3 by @dependabot in Bump pylint from 2.16.2 to 2.16.3 #110

Full Changelog: v1.2.0...v2.0.0

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