Yes truly this exact question is a headache for beginners. Though it was not for me.
On Thu, 16 Apr, 2020, 12:51 am Grant Edwards, <grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 2020-04-15, Pieter van Oostrum <piete...@vanoostrum.org> wrote: > > Angel V <garnetparke...@gmail.com> writes: > > > >> Hello, > >> > >> I'm new to Python and recently began to self learn the language. > >> Unfortunately, whenever I try to launch it, I'm met with a black pop-up > >> screen the disappears as soon as it comes up. I've tried uninstalling > and I > >> just run into the same issue. I tried downloading the program onto my > >> brother's computer and it did the same things. > > > > It seems to me that a Python installation on Windows needs some "First > > steps" documentation to direct the beginners to the essentials of how to > > start a Python program. Preferably something that is displayed > > immediately after installation of in some other way is prominently > > displayed. I am not on Windows myself, so I am afraid I will not be of > > much help in this respect. > > I'm not a windows user either, but it's also a pretty good indication > that something needs to be fixed when people keep running the > installer instead of the installed applications, and then ask > (sometimes multiple times per day) on the mailing list why Python is > broken. > > Perhaps the initial screen of the installer should state something like > > This is the Python _installer_. It is used to install, remove, or > repair Python. > > If you have already installed Python and want to run a Python > application from a source file foo.py do <this>. Or, to run the > Python "Idle" IDE do <this>. > > Then again at the end of the installation perhaps display the same > hints again? > > OTOH, maybe the installer already does that, and people really _are_ > that dense... > > -- > Grant > > > > > > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
