pyscript · ntoll · Aug 7, 2025 · Aug 7, 2025 · Aug 7, 2025 · Aug 7, 2025
diff --git a/docs/beginning-pyscript.md b/docs/beginning-pyscript.md
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ module in the document's `<head>` tag:
       <meta charset="utf-8" />
       <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1" />
       <title>🦜 Polyglot - Piratical PyScript</title>
-      <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://pyscript.net/releases/2025.7.3/core.css">
-      <script type="module" src="https://pyscript.net/releases/2025.7.3/core.js"></script>
+      <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://pyscript.net/releases/2025.8.1/core.css">
+      <script type="module" src="https://pyscript.net/releases/2025.8.1/core.js"></script>
   </head>
   <body>
 
@@ -168,8 +168,8 @@ In the end, our HTML should look like this:
       <meta charset="utf-8" />
       <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1" />
       <title>🦜 Polyglot - Piratical PyScript</title>
-      <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://pyscript.net/releases/2025.7.3/core.css">
-      <script type="module" src="https://pyscript.net/releases/2025.7.3/core.js"></script>
+      <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://pyscript.net/releases/2025.8.1/core.css">
+      <script type="module" src="https://pyscript.net/releases/2025.8.1/core.js"></script>
   </head>
   <body>
     <h1>Polyglot 🦜 💬 🇬🇧 ➡️ 🏴‍☠️</h1>

diff --git a/docs/user-guide/ffi.md b/docs/user-guide/ffi.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Our `pyscript.ffi` offers the following utilities:
   counterpart.
 * `ffi.create_proxy(def_or_lambda)` proxies a generic Python function into a
   JavaScript one, without destroying its reference right away.
+* `ffi.is_none(reference)` to check if a specific value is either `None` or `JsNull`.
 
 Should you require access to Pyodide or MicroPython's specific version of the
 FFI you'll find them under the `pyodide.ffi` and `micropython.ffi` namespaces.
@@ -209,3 +210,52 @@ only in Pyodide can we then destroy such proxy:
     js.setTimeout(proxy, 1000, "success");
 </script>
 ```
+
+## is_none
+
+*Pyodide* version `0.28` onwards has introduced a new *nullish* value that
+precisely represents JavaScript's `null` value.
+
+Previously, both JavaScript `null` and `undefined` would have been converted
+into Python's `None` but, alas, some APIs behave differently if a value is
+`undefined` or explicitly `null`.
+
+For example, in *JSON*, `null` would survive serialization while `undefined`
+would vanish. To preserve that distinction in *Python*, the conversion
+between *JS* and *Python* now has a new `pyodide.ffi.jsnull` as explained in
+the
+[pyodide documentation](https://pyodide.org/en/stable/usage/type-conversions.html#javascript-to-python).
+
+In general, there should be no surprises. But, especially when dealing with the
+*DOM* world, most utilities and methods return `null`.
+
+To simplify and smooth-out this distinction, we decided to introduce `is_null`,
+as [demoed here](https://pyscript.com/@agiammarchi/pyscript-ffi-is-none/latest?files=main.py):
+
+```html title="pyscript.ffi.is_none"
+<!-- success in both Pyodide and MicroPython -->
+<script type="py">
+    from pyscript.ffi import is_none
+    import js
+
+    js_undefined = js.undefined
+    js_null = js.document.body.getAttribute("nope")
+
+    print(js_undefined is None)     # True
+    print(js_null)                  # jsnull
+    print(js_null is None)          # False
+
+    # JsNull is still a "falsy" value
+    if (js_null):
+        print("this will not be shown")
+
+    # safely compared against both
+    print(is_none(js_undefined))    # True
+    print(is_none(js_none))         # True
+</script>
+```
+
+Please note that in *MicroPython* the method works the same but, as we try to
+reach feature-parity among runtimes, it is suggested to use `is_none(ref)`
+even if, right now, there is no such distinction between `null` and
+`undefined` in MicroPython.
diff --git a/docs/user-guide/first-steps.md b/docs/user-guide/first-steps.md
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ CSS:
         <meta charset="UTF-8">
         <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0">
         <!-- PyScript CSS -->
-        <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://pyscript.net/releases/2025.7.3/core.css">
+        <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://pyscript.net/releases/2025.8.1/core.css">
         <!-- This script tag bootstraps PyScript -->
-        <script type="module" src="https://pyscript.net/releases/2025.7.3/core.js"></script>
+        <script type="module" src="https://pyscript.net/releases/2025.8.1/core.js"></script>
     </head>
     <body>
         <!-- your code goes here... -->

diff --git a/docs/user-guide/plugins.md b/docs/user-guide/plugins.md
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ For example, this will work because all references are contained within the
 registered function:
 
 ```js
-import { hooks } from "https://pyscript.net/releases/2025.7.3/core.js";
+import { hooks } from "https://pyscript.net/releases/2025.8.1/core.js";
 
 hooks.worker.onReady.add(() => {
     // NOT suggested, just an example!
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ hooks.worker.onReady.add(() => {
 However, due to the outer reference to the variable `i`, this will fail:
 
 ```js
-import { hooks } from "https://pyscript.net/releases/2025.7.3/core.js";
+import { hooks } from "https://pyscript.net/releases/2025.8.1/core.js";
 
 // NO NO NO NO NO! ☠️
 let i = 0;
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ the page.
 
 ```js title="log.js - a plugin that simply logs to the console."
 // import the hooks from PyScript first...
-import { hooks } from "https://pyscript.net/releases/2025.7.3/core.js";
+import { hooks } from "https://pyscript.net/releases/2025.8.1/core.js";
 
 // The `hooks.main` attribute defines plugins that run on the main thread.
 hooks.main.onReady.add((wrap, element) => {
@@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ hooks.worker.onAfterRun.add(() => {
         <!-- JS plugins should be available before PyScript bootstraps -->
         <script type="module" src="./log.js"></script>
         <!-- PyScript -->
-        <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://pyscript.net/releases/2025.7.3/core.css">
-        <script type="module" src="https://pyscript.net/releases/2025.7.3/core.js"></script>
+        <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://pyscript.net/releases/2025.8.1/core.css">
+        <script type="module" src="https://pyscript.net/releases/2025.8.1/core.js"></script>
     </head>
     <body>
         <script type="mpy">

diff --git a/docs/user-guide/pygame-ce.md b/docs/user-guide/pygame-ce.md
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ will be placed. Make sure to update the pyscript release to the latest version.
   <title>PyScript Pygame-CE Quickstart</title>
   <meta charset="UTF-8">
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0">
-  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://pyscript.net/releases/2025.7.3/core.css">
-  <script type="module" src="https://pyscript.net/releases/2025.7.3/core.js"></script>
+  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://pyscript.net/releases/2025.8.1/core.css">
+  <script type="module" src="https://pyscript.net/releases/2025.8.1/core.js"></script>
 </head>
 <body>
 <canvas id="canvas" style="image-rendering: pixelated"></canvas>

diff --git a/docs/user-guide/workers.md b/docs/user-guide/workers.md
@@ -282,9 +282,9 @@ Here's how:
     <meta charset="utf-8">
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1">
     <!-- PyScript CSS -->
-    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://pyscript.net/releases/2025.7.3/core.css">
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://pyscript.net/releases/2025.8.1/core.css">
     <!-- This script tag bootstraps PyScript -->
-    <script type="module" src="https://pyscript.net/releases/2025.7.3/core.js"></script>
+    <script type="module" src="https://pyscript.net/releases/2025.8.1/core.js"></script>
     <title>PyWorker - mpy bootstrapping pyodide example</title>
     <script type="mpy" src="main.py"></script>
   </head>

diff --git a/version.json b/version.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    "version": "2025.7.3"
+    "version": "2025.8.1"
 }