On Monday, 18 August 2014 22:23:43 UTC+9:30, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 10:44 PM, Everything You Need To Know > > <ey...@outlook.com> wrote: > > >> [ > > >> I sincerely hope you're not teaching people to install Python 3.0! But > > >> > > >> what _is_ the minimum expected version for this course? And what > > >> > > >> platforms do you support? > > > > > > Sorry, I have tried to refer to version of #3.0+ meaning most current > > version, though I wanted to make it clear we are not using versions of #2 > > because there is such a big difference between the two. > > > > I figured you'd be getting the latest 3.x, but your course may well > > depend on some specific minimum version, in which case you can say > > something like "3.3+". But, that plus this comment... > >
Great suggestion, I will update this. Thank you > > > As for Platforms, we work off the 'IDLE' text editor from > > https://www.python.org/ for windows, though which text editor you choose > > really should not matter in this course, except for the text editor. > > > > ... makes me think you're very much Windows specific here. Is that the > > case? Normally, "platform" means Windows/Linux/Mac OS/etc/etc. > You are correct in suggesting that the current course is Windows Specific, though as far as I currently understand it only effects conditional imports such as time.clock() into time.time(). Which is a great warning to add suggestions at appropriate times to deal with these. > > > > Thank you for your time > > > > Thank you for yours! You've made all those videos... I'm just sitting > > here being an arm-chair critic and hoping that it's helpful rather > > than offensive :) > Your opinions have value and are constructive. Thank you for your suggestions. > > > ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
