Personally, I don’t use Windows and avoid it like the plague. Python is easy to install on Linux and Mac.
I’d start here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/python/overview-of-python-tools-for-visual-studio?view=vs-2022 From: Python-list <python-list-bounces+gweatherby=uchc....@python.org> on behalf of Jim Lewis <jimdanielle...@gmail.com> Date: Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 12:56 PM To: Python-list@python.org <Python-list@python.org> Subject: Fwd: Installation hell *** Attention: This is an external email. Use caution responding, opening attachments or clicking on links. *** I'm an occasional user of Python and have a degree in computer science. Almost every freaking time I use Python, I go through PSH (Python Setup Hell). Sometimes a wrong version is installed. Sometimes it's a path issue. Or exe naming confusion: python, python3, phthon311, etc. Or library compatibility issues - took an hour to find out that pygame does not work with the current version of python. Then the kludgy PIP app and using a DOS box under Windows with command prompts which is ridiculous. God only knows how many novice users of the language (or even intermediate users) were lost in the setup process. Why not clean the infrastructure up and make a modern environment or IDE or something better than it is now. Or at least good error messages that explain exactly what to do. Even getting this email to the list took numerous steps. -- A frustrated user -- https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list__;!!Cn_UX_p3!gdOs-oC1JZcmvMXy1G4irRpzHCUmF565UXVdCjzSWNGZKpmZ04I_llDX4WUeob3asBCjLe6TIthAAhmwFgbph9u1m9A$<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list__;!!Cn_UX_p3!gdOs-oC1JZcmvMXy1G4irRpzHCUmF565UXVdCjzSWNGZKpmZ04I_llDX4WUeob3asBCjLe6TIthAAhmwFgbph9u1m9A$> -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
