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Can I just warn people. I recently upgraded a machine to python 3
and it took over an hour.<br>
So don't just assume you can spend a few minutes before you come on
installing the software.<br>
You don't have to sit around watching the machine but the process is
prolonged.<br>
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Neil<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 05/01/18 20:19, Matthew Daubney
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<div>Ok, so pre-requisites will be:<br>
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1. Install Python 3 (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-364/">https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-364/</a>).
I'd prefer you have python 3 as everyone is now dropping
support for Python 2<br>
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2. Have an editor installed.<br>
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<div>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".<br>
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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 (<a
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href="https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/download/"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/download/">https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/download/</a></a>)
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.<br>
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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 :)<br>
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<div dir="ltr">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 :)<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 5 January 2018 at 11:31,
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03/01/18 15:33, Matthew Daubney wrote:<br>
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And the winner by a nose is Thursday the 25th
of January. I'll confirm what<br>
you'll need if you're coming, but you'll
definitely need a laptop!<br>
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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.<br>
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I have a little experience with Python so I'll
come along and play teaching assistant if that
would be helpful :)<br>
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Andy
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