[Idle-dev] Informal Reddit poll on IDLE usage

[Terry Reedy]

On 5/29/2015 8:51 PM, Al Sweigart wrote:
> I posted a (very unscientific) poll about who uses IDLE to Reddit's
> /r/python and /r/learnpython (a more beginner-oriented forum)
> subreddits a while back. Here are their results:
>
>
> Did you use IDLE when first learning Python or use it currently?
>
> /r/reddit:
> 87 votes (36%) - Yes, I used IDLE when I started with Python or I use
> it currently.
> 153 votes (64%) - No, I used a different editor when I was starting with Python.
>
> /r/learnpython
> 99 votes (40%) - Yes, I used IDLE when I started with Python or I use
> it currently.
> 146 votes (60%) - No, I used a different editor when I was starting with Python.
>
> https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/36jhkn/poll_did_you_use_idle_when_first_learning_python/
> https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython/comments/36ilrf/did_you_use_idle_when_first_learning_python_or/
>
> So the good news is that it looks like IDLE still has a very
> significant market share of first time Python programmers using it.

Thank you for this. My own feeling is that 10000 users is enough to 
motivate me to continue working on Idle, and I can easily believe that 
this poll captured less than 1% of Idle users.


-- 
Terry Jan Reedy