Updates for Spring 2026 Semester

.devcontainer/Dockerfile

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # cspell: disable
 # Image for a Python 3 development environment
-FROM python:3.11-slim
+FROM python:3.12-slim
 
 # Add any tools that are needed beyond Python 3.11
 RUN apt-get update && \

.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ services:
       - redis
 
   redis:
-    image: redis:6-alpine
+    image: redis:8-alpine
     ports:
       - 6379
     volumes:

.github/workflows/workflow.yml

@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: python:3.11-slim
+    container: python:3.12-slim
 
     # Required services    
     services:
       # Label used to access the service container
       redis:
         # Docker Hub image
-        image: redis:6-alpine
+        image: redis:8-alpine
         # Set health checks to wait until redis has started
         options: >-
           --health-cmd "redis-cli ping"

Dockerfile

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.11-slim
+FROM python:3.12-slim
 
 # Establish a working folder
 WORKDIR /app

Makefile

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ venv: ## Create a Python virtual environment
 .PHONY: install
 install: ## Install dependencies
 	$(info Installing dependencies...)
-	PIPENV_VENV_IN_PROJECT=1 pipenv install
+	PIPENV_VENV_IN_PROJECT=1 pipenv install --dev
 
 .PHONY: lint
 lint: ## Run the linter

Pipfile

@@ -4,24 +4,30 @@ verify_ssl = true
 name = "pypi"
 
 [packages]
-flask = "==3.1.0"
-retry2 = "==0.9.5"
-python-dotenv = "==1.0.1"
-gunicorn = "==23.0.0"
-redis = "==5.2.1"
+flask = "==3.1.2"
+# redis = "==5.2.1"
+redis = "==7.2.0"
 flask-redis = "==0.4.0"
+retry2 = "==0.9.5"
+python-dotenv = "~=1.2.1"
+gunicorn = "~=25.0.0"
 
 [dev-packages]
-honcho = "~=2.0.0"
-pylint = "~=3.3.4"
-flake8 = "~=7.1.1"
-black = "~=25.1.0"
-pytest = "~=8.3.4"
+# Code Quality
+pylint = "~=4.0.4"
+flake8 = "~=7.3.0"
+black = "~=26.1.0"
+
+# Test-Driven Development
+pytest = "~=9.0.2"
 pytest-pspec = "~=0.0.4"
-pytest-cov = "~=6.0.0"
+pytest-cov = "~=7.0.0"
 factory-boy = "~=3.3.3"
-coverage = "~=7.6.12"
+coverage = "~=7.13.2"
+
+# Utility
+honcho = "~=2.0.0"
 httpie = "~=3.2.4"
 
 [requires]
-python_version = "3.11"
+python_version = "3.12"

README.md

@@ -43,18 +43,18 @@ If it does not automatically prompt you to open the project in a container, you
 This option is not recommended because developing natively on your local computer does ensure that the code will work on anyone elses computer or in production.  I strongly recommend that you Docker with Visual Studio Code to create a reproducible development environment, but if you cannot for some reason, and have Python 3 installed on your computer, you can make a Python virtual environment and run the code locally with:
 
 ```bash
-    python3 -m venv venv
-    source venv/bin/activate
-    pip install -r requirements.txt
+    pip3 install pipenv
+    pipenv shell
+    pipenv install -dev
 ```
 
 You will also need Docker on your computer to run a container for the database.
 
 ```bash
-docker run -d --name redis -p 6379:6379 -v redis:/data redis:alpine
+docker run -d --name redis -p 6379:6379 -v redis:/data redis:8-alpine
 ```
 
-This will run Redis on Alpine and have it forward port `6379` so that your application and communicate with it.
+This will run Redis 8 on Alpine and have it forward port `6379` so that your application and communicate with it.
 
 You can now run `make test` to run the TDD tests locally.
 
@@ -66,13 +66,13 @@ honcho start
 
 ## Manually running the Tests
 
-Run the tests using `green` and `coverage`
+Run the tests using `pytest` and `coverage`
 
 ```bash
 make test
 ```
 
-Green is configured to automatically include the flags so that red-green-refactor is meaningful. If you are in a command shell that supports colors, passing tests will be green while failing tests will be red.
+Pytest is configured to automatically include the flags so that red-green-refactor is meaningful. If you are in a command shell that supports colors, passing tests will be green while failing tests will be red.
 
 ## What's featured in the project?
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Green is configured to automatically include the flags so that red-green-refacto
 
 ## License
 
-Copyright (c) 2021, 2023 John Rofrano. All rights reserved.
+Copyright (c) 2021, 2026 John Rofrano. All rights reserved.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License. See [LICENSE](LICENSE)