PyTexas Conference 2026 Website

Development

1. Create a virtual environment

   python -m venv venv
   
2. Activate virtual environment

   source venv/bin/activate
   
3. Pip install requirements

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   
4. Run dev server

   mkdocs serve
   

Adding Announcement Banners

1. Add the following lines and update the text to overrides/main.html

{% block announce %}
    <p>Attend the <a href="https://conference.pytexas.org">PyTexas 2026 Conference</a> April 17 - 19, 2026</p>
{% endblock %}

Updating dependencies for Dependabot alerts

1. Edit constraints.txt to add or update any library version constraints.
2. Compile the requirements.in with constraints.txt to generate a version locked requirements.txt file. If using uv:

   uv pip compile requirements.in -c constraints.txt -o requirements.txt
   
   If using pip-tools:

   pip compile requirements.in -c constraints.txt -o requirements.txt
   
3. Commit the changed requirements.txt and log a Pull Request.