_ModuleMock object has to attribute 'PLUGIN CLASS'

[JoeBorgione]

After updating to Pro 2.3 and cloning the default env to two different envs I get this error when I start Spyder:

Not sure what's up with that; anybody else getting it?

Dan Patterson‌

[DanPatterson_Retired · Accepted solution]

Joe....

seem like you are trying to run spyder.exe directly...

create a shortcut as suggested in my many blogs

Target

C:\arc_pro\bin\Python\envs\arcgispro-py3\pythonw.exe "C:\arc_pro\bin\Python\envs\arcgispro-py3\Scripts\spyder-script.py"

start in

C:\arc_pro\bin\Python\envs\arcgispro-py3\Scripts

This happens to be for where it is installed in the default ArcGISpro-py3 environment... 

Just change the bold-faced text above with your paths.

[JoeBorgione]

Guilty as charged....  But, now I'm getting the original error with a different presentation:

Checking git hub now.....

eta:

In a Python command window type

conda update spyder

I think the problem stemmed from installing the spyder-kernal package that is bundled with Pro 2.3: conda tossed:

Thanks Dan!

[DanPatterson_Retired]

I am using 3.3.2 with spyder-kernels 0.3.0  There was a huge leap in spyder-kernels to 1.0.? when I ran

conda update spyder-kernels --dry-run

I suspect it has to do with spyder 4 being released some time this quarter.

I normally update the main package (spyder) and leave other stuff alone unless I check it out on GitHub first to see if there are peripheral issues.

[JoeBorgione]

My Spyder is now 3.3.2...