py_opensdbrussels2026

py_opensdbrussels2026 is a tiny example package for the OpenSD 2026 Brussels summer school. It is intentionally small so it can be used to demonstrate how a Git repository is structured and how open source contributions work.

Assignment

As part of this workshop we aim to co-develop a bit on this package our first assignment is to complete the participant list.

1. Download and install GitHub Desktop.
2. Clone this repository to your computer: OWI-Lab/OpenSD2026_Brussels_intro_git.
3. Add your name to the participant list in participants.csv
4. Commit your changes to the repository.
5. Push your changes to a new branch.
6. Open a pull request.

Secondly we try to resolve an open issue, this one; https://github.com/OWI-Lab/OpenSD2026_Brussels_intro_git/issues/1

What it does

The package ships with a small CSV file of participants and exposes one public function:

• attendee_was_present(first_name, family_name) -> bool

It returns True when the provided participant name exists in the packaged CSV file and False otherwise.

Installation

pip install py_opensdbrussels2026

For local development:

pip install -e .[dev]

Usage

from py_opensdbrussels2026 import attendee_was_present

attendee_was_present("Ada", "Lovelace")

Tests

The test suite contains:

• a normal boolean check for an invalid attendee name
• a positive check for a known attendee
• a joke test that reads the packaged CSV, validates countries via pycountry, and confirms that Belgium is the only intentionally invalid country

Run the tests with:

pytest

GitHub Actions

Two workflows are included:

• CI workflow for running pytest on pushes and pull requests
• Publish workflow for building and publishing the package to PyPI when a GitHub release is published

To use the publish workflow, configure PyPI trusted publishing for this repository.