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Is using the Microsoft Store the standard way for beginners to install Python? A lot of people might follow the installation instructions that show up at the to
by danso 7y ago
Is using the Microsoft Store the standard way for beginners to install Python? A lot of people might follow the installation instructions that show up at the top of a google search for "how to install python windows".
In my experience (this was before PythonAnywhere/Jupyter/etc and other online services were as established as they are now), I just had students download the Anaconda click-installer, which would basically ensure they'd have the expected Python version, plus a bunch of useful packages installed by default. Sure, for advanced developers who need to maintain varying setups and packages, Anaconda was sometimes problematic (at least in the past), but that's not an issue for most beginners...and it's easy to remove Anaconda at the end of the semester.