On 2019-11-20 13:29 -07, Akkana Peck <akk...@shallowsky.com> wrote: > Chris Angelico writes: >> 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 >> >> Agreed. > > More agreement. Someone at the local makerspace recently tried to > teach a beginning Python class; the first hour and a half lecture > was entirely devoted to trying to get Anaconda installed on > everyone's machines, and most of the people still didn't have it > installed by the end. I heard a lot of the people from the first > lecture gave up and didn't come back for the second lecture because > they still didn't have a working environment. Of the people who did > return, I saw some of them (fairly technical users to begin with, just > not in Python) later struggling with conda updates that went wrong.
Wow. This was good to know, thanks a lot! > Installing Python on Windows isn't trivial, but if you lead them > through each of the steps (hint: be sure not to miss the small > checkbox about adding Python to the path -- you have to scroll down > to the bottom of the options list to see it, and it's not checked by > default) it shouldn't be too bad. Also, have a copy of the installer > available on a USB stick or three unless the lecture hall is > guaranteed to have flawless wi-fi. Again, great tip, thanks! > Can you get a couple of Windows and Mac using friends (who don't > already have Python) to help you try out the installers before the class? > Or, for Windows, you could try one of these virtualbox images: > https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/vms/ I’ve just asked my brother to try it out for me. Later on, I’ll try with my friends. Thanks a lot for the link, I’ll try it out. Cheers, -gk. -- İ. Göktuğ Kayaalp <https://www.gkayaalp.com/> 024C 30DD 597D 142B 49AC 40EB 465C D949 B101 2427 -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
