On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 4:42 AM Nick Sarbicki <nick.a.sarbi...@gmail.com> wrote: > RE Conda and distros - I'd forget about them, in my experience you may as > well learn to use pip and install what you need that way, in the long term > it is faster and more flexible. Python generally supplies a perfectly good > installer for most operating systems at python.org - no need for anything > else. Keeping it to just standard python (+ some libs you don't explicitly > need to explain) makes it less complex.
Agreed. In fact, given the tight context here, I would go even further and stick to JUST the standard library - there's already way more in there than you need for a single lecture. Maybe just name-drop pip and hint at the fact that there's a lot more to Python than just what you see here, but other than that, keep it really simple. > In summary I'd aim to inspire not to teach - so show some basics at the > beginning to show how accessible it can be, and then feel free to jump off > into advanced python land to showcase what is possible using whatever you > are most comfortable with. Essentially show them they can learn python, and > then inspire them to want to learn python. > Absolutely agreed. Your job is not to turn them into programmers. Your job is just to inspire them - to show them possibilities, to excite them, to empower them to play. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
