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On the other hand, I never suggest Learn Python The Hard Way or Codecademy to any new programmer, because I don't want them to ask me down the line "why you dir
by mastazi 10y ago
On the other hand, I never suggest Learn Python The Hard Way or Codecademy to any new programmer, because I don't want them to ask me down the line "why you directed me to an obsolete Python course?". I think I'm not the only one. So I'm not sure what's the net result of those decisions made by the two sites, do they really help in keeping Python 2 alive?
- emodendroket 10y agoWell, it seems to me like that's the whole "may kill Python" thing he's talking about.
- mastazi 10y agoI don't know, a week doesn't pass without a new deep learning Python framework being launched, Python dying doesn't just seem the case to me.
- raymondh 10y agoFWIW, I do recommend Zed's book. Many, many people have benefitted from Python The Hard Way.
- mastazi 10y agoI have too, but I learned Python in a time where learning Python 2 was still politically correct.
- esaym 10y agoI attended a few newbie classes at pycon2016. A few of them suggested Learn Python The Hard Way, to which I pointed out how the author states to never try installing python 3 on the first page.
- AstralStorm 10y agoThe author should essentially be banned from community and his book no longer recommended after that lest someone believes him. You're essentially giving up great features like async keyword and proper encoding handling getting nothing in return. The few libraries that are still Python 2 only should be ignored.
- Chris2048 10y agoYou should essentially be banned from the python 2.7 community for saying these things.
- rubberstamp 10y agoI also saw that but gave the author benefit of doubt that may be the book was written years ago and not updated. I have completed switched to python3 for almost 2 years now.