Ryan Shuell <ryanshu...@gmail.com> writes:
> Thanks guys. I just feel frustrated that I can't do something useful.
I had read many of your messages in the recent past, and I'm under the
impression that your frustration has more to do with "Python the
Infrastructure" rather than "Python the Language"
my suggestions will somehow reiterate what was told you in previous
threads,
1. scrap everything python from your hard disk and your registry,
using unistall as far as possible
2. choose ONE flavour of python, either 2.7.x or 3.4.x
- future is with 3.4,
- most exaples you'll find were written (are still written...)
for 2.7.x
3. the Pyton distribution from official sources contains piles of
stuff (batteries included is the motto) but you seem interested in
what is called "the python scientific stack" and this is not
there.
If you want at once the stdlib AND the great majority of the extra
modules you're looking for AND an easy way to install other
packages, there are quite a number of third party distributions
that fit your ticket very well: entought, anaconda, active state,
pyxy, all of them should be good enough but I'n not a Windows guy
and I'm not be able to judge. Anyway, read or ask for advice on
python windows distributions, chose one, _install using the_
_defaults_, STICK WITH THAT DISTRIBUTION, familiarizing with its
infrastructure in terms of installing extra packages, setting
virtual environments, using the development tools it offers etc
in my very humble opinion, you are discomforted by the multiplicity of
the solutions and your quest for the best one... choose one, maybe not
the best one for you but trust me, it will be good enough! as soon as
you'll be in good terms with Python the language and python the
infrastructure, as presented to you by a single language version and a
single 3rd party distribution, you will gather momentum in a very
short time
my best wishes,
g
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