[Swansea Hackspace] Python Workshops

[Matthew Daubney]

Yup! This Thursday from 7pm

On 21 Jan 2018 15:53, "David Davies-Day" <djdavies83 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Just wanted to double check, it's this Thursday from 7pm?
>
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: Matthew Daubney <matt at daubers.co.uk>
> Date:2018/01/21 14:07 (GMT+00:00)
> To: Swansea Hackspace <hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk>
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Python Workshops
>
> 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/>
>> 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>
>>> 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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