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> What Aella wants to do is something pretty simple, and it's frustratinc that this is so hard. It's not that hard. Doing it like a Real Data Scientist is har
by aahortwwy 4y ago
> What Aella wants to do is something pretty simple, and it's frustratinc that this is so hard.
It's not that hard.
Doing it like a Real Data Scientist is hard, but also completely unnecessary for a beginner non-programmer. That doesn't stop well-meaning folks from advising that approach (install pandas, Jupyter, anaconda, etc.) and overwhelming people.
The Python standard library is batteries included. IDLE exists.
- newaccount74 4y agoI think the problem is that there are so many options, some more accessible to newcomers, some less. For example, I think Thonny is a nice entry level Python "GUI" But it's really hard to find what to start with from a google search.
- aahortwwy 4y ago> I think the problem is that there are so many options, some more accessible to newcomers, some less. For example, I think Thonny is a nice entry level Python "GUI" And I think users tend to grow out of entry-level tools pretty quickly so it's hard for any one option to become universal. > But it's really hard to find what to start with from a google search. That's true, but I think it has a lot more to do with the quality of educational material for beginners than the simplicity or complexity of available tools.