[code-quality] Pylint path issues

Sat Sep 9 15:45:37 EDT 2017

Kyrian, your problem seems very basic, and I'm afraid it would be quite
difficult to help over email. I suggest you download the Python Windows
Installer from the Python website:
https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-362/
After you install Python, try to search for "IDLE" in your Start menu. It's
the built-in Python shell and editor on Windows. If you get it to work,
then you installed Python correctly.

*Peter and Dan*, there's "right" and there's "helpful" and you two are
neither. Telling someone who was unsuccessful at installing Python on
Windows to install Linux is just getting them deeper in trouble. I use both
Linux and Windows for professional Python development and they are both
adequate and most definitely not "3rd-rate software".

On Sat, Sep 9, 2017 at 10:25 PM, Ian Stapleton Cordasco <
graffatcolmingov at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 9, 2017 at 11:30 AM, Dan Stromberg <strombrg at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Windows improves somewhat in areas where it has a strong competitor.
> >
> > It lies fallow in areas where it has a majority of the marketshare.
> >
> > Windows is usable, but it's 3rd-rate software, after Linux and macOS.
> >
> > We should consider assisting Windows users on Windows, but there's
> nothing
> > wrong with also reminding them that there are better alternatives
> available.
> >
>
> There's a difference between someone who comes to this list saying
>
> "I'm trying to run Pylint from my editor and I've followed some
> instructions for getting set up on Windows. Does anyone know why it
> doesn't work?"
>
> And someone saying
>
> "Hey, I'm having trouble doing python development on Windows. Is
> writing Python on Windows so awful I should switch to something else?"
>
> What we have here is someone asking the first question and getting an
> answer to the second question. In other words, you're telling the
> person that in order for them to develop software in Python they must
> use Linux (or a worst buy an inordinately expensive piece of aluminum
> with substandard hardware to get a variant of Unix) and that's not
> only wrong, it's downright exclusive.
>
> Put yet another way, answer the question the person actually asks, if
> you can. If you don't do windows development and you can't actually
> offer help, maybe just don't reply.
>
> > On Sat, Sep 9, 2017 at 6:07 AM, Ian Stapleton Cordasco
> > <graffatcolmingov at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Windows is a fine developer environment and consistently getting better.
> >> Let's not discourage people from learning to cure on the operating
> systems
> >> they're already comfortable with. If you can't help them, don't try to
> make
> >> them learn yet another thing as a barrier to learning Python
> >>
> >> Sent from my phone with my typo-happy thumbs. Please excuse my brevity
> >>
> >> On Sep 8, 2017 11:31, "Peter Bittner" <peter.bittner at gmx.net> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> If you can get hold of a computer running GNU/Linux, e.g. a machine
> >>> running an Ubuntu desktop, that would be ideal.
> >>>
> >>> Windows is not ideal for developing software (well, that's my personal
> >>> opinion). Especially the path issues you don't have on other systems.
> >>> In my experience you have everything easily at hand with a GNU/Linux
> >>> system. Ubuntu or Mint are lovely and very popular. Even a Mac is
> >>> better suited, though that requires some hacking (installing a a
> >>> package manager) to set more potential free. Try them, it will make
> >>> your life so much easier.
> >>>
> >>> Peter
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 2017-09-08 18:19 GMT+02:00 Kyrian Okoroama <kyrian010 at yahoo.com>:
> >>> > Hi
> >>> >
> >>> > No I do not have those.
> >>> >
> >>> > Should I install them or one?
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > Kyrian Okoroama .C.
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > On ‎Friday‎, ‎September‎ ‎8‎, ‎2017‎ ‎05‎:‎50‎:‎31‎ ‎PM‎ ‎CEST, Peter
> >>> > Bittner <peter.bittner at gmx.net> wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > Do you have Bash (a GNU/Linux shell) on your Windows machine?
> >>> >
> >>> > If that's the case start the Bash terminal application and type
> >>> > "python".
> >>> > Python should already be installed and easily accessible there from
> any
> >>> > directory.
> >>> >
> >>> > Peter
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > 2017-09-08 16:09 GMT+02:00 Ian Stapleton Cordasco
> >>> > <graffatcolmingov at gmail.com>:
> >>> >> Your IDE does not seem to be able to find where you installed
> Python.
> >>> >> This
> >>> >> has nothing to do with pylint
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Sent from my phone with my typo-happy thumbs. Please excuse my
> brevity
> >>> >>
> >>> >> On Sep 8, 2017 09:06, "Kyrian Okoroama via code-quality"
> >>> >> <code-quality at python.org> wrote:
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Hi there
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> I am totally new to programming language. However I am running the
> >>> >>> online
> >>> >>> free course on Alison on Python programming language, which I have
> >>> >>> installed
> >>> >>> according to instructions on the video but I having issues
> Debugging
> >>> >>> my
> >>> >>> first Hello World script.
> >>> >>> see attached files
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> kindly help.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Kyrian Okoroama .C.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>>
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