<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 9:52 AM, Michel Desmoulin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:desmoulinmichel@gmail.com" target="_blank">desmoulinmichel@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I know and you still:<br>
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- have to use py -m on windows, python3 linux, python in virtualenv...<br>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>can't you use python3 -m pip install .....</div><div><br></div><div>everywhere?</div><div><br></div><div>That's what I tell my beginner students to do, and I've never had a problem. (nce they got Python installed right in the first place) For that:</div><div><br></div><div>The python.og installers for Windows and Mac pretty much <br>"just work"</div><div><br></div><div>Linux is a different story, but Linux users are more comfortable with eh whole idea of command lines and packages, etc -- so my Linux users have never been the hangup.</div><div><br></div><div>If/when I'm teaching data analysis for scientific computing, I go straight to conda, but for basic python, and most web Development, <a href="http://pyton.org">pyton.org</a> python and pip work great.</div><div><br></div><div>A also DO NOT introduce virtualenv right off the bat -- it is another complication that is critical to real development, but not important for learning python.</div><div><br></div><div>I have done it it the past -- it did not go well....</div><div><br></div><div>What's too bad now is that so many docs say "pip install the_package", and users with multiple python installs can get burnt. (though most don't)</div><div><br></div><div>-CHB</div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br>Christopher Barker, Ph.D.<br>Oceanographer<br><br>Emergency Response Division<br>NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice<br>7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax<br>Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception<br><br><a href="mailto:Chris.Barker@noaa.gov" target="_blank">Chris.Barker@noaa.gov</a></div>
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