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> This applies almost equally to most language reference material I've come across but I'm asking politely, please spend more time on the toolchain. I have a c
by jventura 9y ago
> This applies almost equally to most language reference material I've come across but I'm asking politely, please spend more time on the toolchain.
I have a chapter about the python installation in this book but in the documents I usually give to my students I also explain how to use pip and virtualenv. I may add something about the basic tooling, at least enough so that people can get up to speed with python.
Edit: removed "spent an entire chapter on the python installation".
- natch 9y agoThat’s nice but the “entire chapter” you mention is three pages, divided into three platforms, so less than a page per platform including screenshots, which means really about one or two short paragraphs per platform. I really don’t want to take away from what you’ve done, but to say there is an “entire” chapter is not really getting the point of the comment you replied to. Installation may indeed be coverable in so few words, but I think what is missing is coverage of what it takes to go back and forth between different versions (using ‘python’ versus ‘python3’ on the command line doesn’t begin to cover it), although personally I will be happy when we no longer have to do that. I am glad to see you are basing things on Python 3.
- jventura 9y agoOh, you're right, I've edited my answer because "entire chapter" seems a very big thing considering the size of the document, and it probably makes me be seen as quite arrogant. To my defense, I'm not a native English speaker and it's 2:30 am here, so the quality of my answers are not the best at this moment.. :)