[Swansea Hackspace] Python Workshops

[Neil Jones]

Can I just warn people. I recently upgraded a machine to python 3 and it 
took over an hour.
So don't just assume you can spend a few minutes before you come on 
installing the software.
You don't have to sit around watching the machine but the process is 
prolonged.

Neil

On 05/01/18 20:19, Matthew Daubney wrote:
> Ok, so pre-requisites will be:
>
> 1. Install Python 3 
> (https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-364/). I'd prefer you 
> have python 3 as everyone is now dropping support for Python 2
> 2. Have an editor installed.
>
> If you're on Windows, ensure your path is setup correctly after 
> installing python by opening a terminal window and typing "python". If 
> you get command not found or similar, we'll need to fix it. Do the 
> same with "pip".
>
> 2 is a contentious subject. You can use whichever editor you wish, but 
> if you're new to all of this I'd recommend PyCharm 
> (https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/download/) The community edition is 
> free (As in beer) and its relatively feature filled. I used it for 
> many years, but have recently gone back to ViM because I hate myself, 
> or something. You can, of course, use emacs (or as someone I once 
> worked with did, emacs with the ViM keybindings) Others include 
> Sublime Text, Visual Studio Code and Atom.
>
> If you're unsure or have any questions, I'll be at the space the next 
> two mondays, or just ask here and I'll answer as best I can. I'll go 
> over pip (the python package manager) and virtualenvs on the day as 
> they're not entirely necessary, but make your life 1000% easier :)
>
>
> On 5 January 2018 at 13:05, Matthew Daubney <matt at daubers.co.uk 
> <mailto:matt at daubers.co.uk>> wrote:
>
>     Yep. I'm in two minds over this. Part of me is considering doing
>     the whole thing from Jupyter notebooks and I'll just run my laptop
>     as a server, part of me thinks we should just dive in inside an
>     interpreter..... I'll have a think and put something up this
>     evening with instructions :)
>
>     On 5 January 2018 at 11:31, Andrew Price <andy at andrewprice.me.uk
>     <mailto:andy at andrewprice.me.uk>> wrote:
>
>         On 03/01/18 15:33, Matthew Daubney wrote:
>
>             And the winner by a nose is Thursday the 25th of January.
>             I'll confirm what
>             you'll need if you're coming, but you'll definitely need a
>             laptop!
>
>
>         Just a thought: you might want to write some pointers on
>         getting Python, any modules needed, and an editor/IDE
>         installed (particularly on Windows) before the session, and
>         maybe start a bit early for those who need help with getting
>         those set up and familiarised. Otherwise the time might be
>         swallowed up by installation issues and command line
>         questions. Depends on how much you intend to cover I suppose.
>
>         I have a little experience with Python so I'll come along and
>         play teaching assistant if that would be helpful :)
>
>         Andy
>
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