On Friday, the release of python version 2.7 sneaked up. The developers promise that this will be the last release of the 2.x branch, supported in parallel with the 3.x branch. In version 2.7 we have numerous syntax improvements, a new module for learning command line parameters, significant improvements in the unit test module, and an update to the ElementTree library responsible for working with XML. You can get acquainted with the changes and download the latest version on the official site .