diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 74d074e..8f12794 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - name: Install sass
+        run: npm install -g sass
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           pip install .[dev]
diff --git a/.hatch_build.py b/.hatch_build.py
index 2b52525..d60bfd9 100644
--- a/.hatch_build.py
+++ b/.hatch_build.py
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ def load_about() -> dict[str, str]:
     with open(
         os.path.join(HERE, "tutordeck", "__about__.py"), "rt", encoding="utf-8"
     ) as f:
-        exec(f.read(), about)  # pylint: disable=exec-used
+        exec(f.read(), about)
     return about
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 01cf6a4..a0989ed 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 .DEFAULT_GOAL := help
 .PHONY: docs
 SRC_DIRS = ./tutordeck
-BLACK_OPTS = --exclude templates ${SRC_DIRS}
 
 runserver: ## Run a development server
 	tutor deck runserver --dev
@@ -13,22 +12,28 @@ scss-watch: ## Compile SCSS files to CSS and watch for changes
 	$(MAKE) scss SASS_OPTS="--watch"
 
 # Warning: These checks are not necessarily run on every PR.
-test: test-lint test-types test-format  # Run some static checks.
+test: test-lint test-types test-format test-pythonpackage  # Run some static checks.
 
 test-format: ## Run code formatting tests
-	black --check --diff $(BLACK_OPTS)
+	ruff format --check --diff ${SRC_DIRS}
 
 test-lint: ## Run code linting tests
-	pylint --errors-only --enable=unused-import,unused-argument --ignore=templates --ignore=docs/_ext ${SRC_DIRS}
+	ruff check ${SRC_DIRS}
 
 test-types: ## Run type checks.
 	mypy --exclude=templates --ignore-missing-imports --implicit-reexport --strict ${SRC_DIRS}
 
-format: ## Format code automatically
-	black $(BLACK_OPTS)
+build-pythonpackage: ## Build the "tutor-deck" python package for upload to pypi
+	python -m build --sdist
 
-isort: ##  Sort imports. This target is not mandatory because the output may be incompatible with black formatting. Provided for convenience purposes.
-	isort --skip=templates ${SRC_DIRS}
+test-pythonpackage: build-pythonpackage ## Test that package can be uploaded to pypi
+	twine check dist/tutor_deck-$(shell make version).tar.gz
+
+format: ## Format code automatically
+	ruff format ${SRC_DIRS}
+
+fix-lint: ## Fix lint errors automatically
+	ruff check --fix ${SRC_DIRS}
 
 changelog-entry: ## Create a new changelog entry.
 	scriv create
@@ -36,6 +41,9 @@ changelog-entry: ## Create a new changelog entry.
 changelog: ## Collect changelog entries in the CHANGELOG.md file.
 	scriv collect
 
+version: ## Print the current tutor-deck version
+	@python -c 'import io, os; about = {}; exec(io.open(os.path.join("tutordeck", "__about__.py"), "rt", encoding="utf-8").read(), about); print(about["__version__"])'
+
 ESCAPE = 
 help: ## Print this help
 	@grep -E '^([a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?## .*|######* .+)$$' Makefile \
diff --git a/changelog.d/20250808_150533_muhammad.labeeb_release.md b/changelog.d/20250808_150533_muhammad.labeeb_release.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d482d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/20250808_150533_muhammad.labeeb_release.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- [Improvement] Migrate from pylint and black to ruff. (by @mlabeeb03)
+- [Improvement] Test python package distribution build when running make test. (by @mlabeeb03)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a9b2d3a..48d2c66 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ dev = [
   "tutor[dev]>=20.0.0,<21.0.0",
   "types-aiofiles",
   "types-Markdown",
-  "pylint",
-  "black",
+  "ruff", 
 ]
 
 [project.entry-points."tutor.plugin.v1"]
@@ -75,3 +74,19 @@ path = ".hatch_build.py"
 
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
 packages = ["tutordeck"]
+
+[tool.ruff]
+exclude = ["templates", "docs/_ext"]
+
+[tool.ruff.lint]
+# E: pycodestyle errors
+# I: isort
+# N: pep8-naming
+select = ["E", "I", "N"]
+
+# F401: unused-import
+# F841: unused-variable
+# W292: missing-newline-at-end-of-file
+extend-select = ["F401", "F841", "W292"]
+
+[tool.ruff.format]
diff --git a/tutordeck/server/app.py b/tutordeck/server/app.py
index f7d23af..7ffcedf 100644
--- a/tutordeck/server/app.py
+++ b/tutordeck/server/app.py
@@ -18,14 +18,13 @@ from quart import (
     url_for,
 )
 from quart.typing import ResponseTypes
-from werkzeug.sansio.response import Response as BaseResponse
 from tutor.plugins.v1 import discover_package
+from werkzeug.sansio.response import Response as BaseResponse
 
 from tutordeck.server.utils import current_page_plugins, pagination_context
 
 from . import constants, tutorclient
 
-
 app = Quart(
     __name__,
     static_url_path="/static",
@@ -372,8 +371,9 @@ async def process_config_update_request() -> None:
         cmd = ["config", "save"]
         for key, value in form.items():
             if value.startswith("{{"):
-                # Templated values that start with {{ should be explicitely converted to string
-                # Otherwise there will be a parsing error because it might be considered a dictionary
+                # Templated values that start with {{ should be explicitely
+                # converted to string otherwise there will be a parsing
+                # error because it might be considered a dictionary
                 value = f"'{value}'"
             cmd.extend(["--set", f"{key}={value}"])
         tutorclient.CliPool.run_sequential(cmd)
@@ -489,9 +489,9 @@ def update_plugins_requiring_launch(
     response: Response, add: t.Optional[str] = None, remove: t.Optional[str] = None
 ) -> None:
     """
-    Store the list of plugins for which a recent set of changes require running "local launch".
-
-    This list is stored as a "+"-separated string in a cookie. Note that flask will automatically put the content in quotes.
+    Store the list of plugins for which a recent set of changes require
+    running "local launch". This list is stored as a "+"-separated string
+    in a cookie. Note that flask will automatically put the content in quotes.
     """
     # Note that comma, colon and semi-colon are not supported in cookie values
     separator = "+"
diff --git a/tutordeck/server/tutorclient.py b/tutordeck/server/tutorclient.py
index 32e4298..d286aea 100644
--- a/tutordeck/server/tutorclient.py
+++ b/tutordeck/server/tutorclient.py
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ class Project:
     @classmethod
     def get_user_config(cls) -> Config:
         """
-        TODO load config dynamically from root anytime it is changed on disk? Maybe take the chance to clear sys.modules cache on reload?
+        TODO
+        Load config dynamically from root anytime it is changed on disk?
+        Maybe take the chance to clear sys.modules cache on reload?
         """
         return tutor.config.get_user(cls.ROOT)
 
@@ -131,8 +133,8 @@ class Cli:
         The first item is the log file path. Second item is the running command.
 
         This will handle gracefully file deletion. Note however that if the file is
-        truncated, all contents added to the beginning until the current position will be
-        missed.
+        truncated, all contents added to the beginning until the current position
+        will be missed.
         """
         yield f"$ {self.command}\n"
         async with aiofiles.open(self.log_path, "rb") as f: