xlwings Newsletter #28

xlwings Weekly Tips and xltrail for Kubernetes

May 18, 2021

Python for Excel - The Book

Here is a video preview of what you can expect from the O'Reilly book "Python for Excel":

By creating a trial account on the O'Reilly Learning Platform, you can read the book for free online. The following link gives you a 30 day free trial instead of just 10 days:

xlwings Weekly Tips

On our LinkedIn and Twitter channels, we have started to publish the "Weekly xlwings Tips". Today's Tip #3 shows you how you can check whether a specific workbook is open or not:

xltrail is now available for Kubernetes (self-hosting)

 is our version control system for Excel files and tracks content such as cell formulas, defined names, power queries and VBA code. xltrail is now available as Helm chart for installation on your Kubernetes cluster. This is in addition to the existing options of using our

offering or installing it on a

. If you have access to Kubernetes and want to give xltrail a quick spin to see what changed in your Excel files, have a look at the docs: