[Swansea Hackspace] Python Workshops

[Matthew Daubney]

You can install python 3 alongside python 2. If people want to go this to
the come and see me Monday evening at the space!

On 21 Jan 2018 14:05, "Neil Jones" <neil at aurinia.co.uk> wrote:

> 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> 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> 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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