On Monday, 18 August 2014 23:13:59 UTC+9:30, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 11:30 PM, Everything You Need To Know > > <ey...@outlook.com> wrote: > > > 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. > > > > > Being Windows-specific isn't a problem, but it would be good to say > > so. (And if you haven't tested out your course on Linux or Mac OS, > > it's best to say you're Windows-only. There'll likely be little bits > > and pieces here and there that won't work, and the only way to know is > > to actually try things.) > > > > The reason I figured you were assuming Windows is because it's the > > biggest platform that doesn't come with some Python already installed > > or easily obtainable. With most Linux distributions, Python either > > comes as part of the base system, or is conveniently installed with > > apt-get, yum, pacman, or whatever the standard installer is - but it > > might be not the latest (for instance, the current Debian stable ships > > with Python 3.2, although the next Debian release will have either 3.4 > > or 3.5, depending on whether the latter gets ready in time for > > Jessie's feature freeze). So if you target Linux, you'll probably want > > to be very clear about what versions of Python you support. I would > > advise going for 3.3+ or 3.4+ (if you haven't tested on 3.3, say > > 3.4+). On Windows, you can start by walking people through the > > installation, and then they'll get the latest as of their > > installation. > > > > ChrisA
Thank you very much ChrisA, your post has been very enlightening and helpful. I will try to transfer this knowledge on and I will address platform issues in 0.7, once I have done addressing programming paradigms adequately (writing the quick tutorial atm) with your permission, I will put a small note thanking you or this forum for your help. I was previously made aware of Linux having a base Python, though until you pointed it out, the limitations did not occur to me. Have a great week, Thank you -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
