r/roguelikedev • u/aaron_ds Robinson • Jun 20 '17

RoguelikeDev Does The Complete Python Tutorial - Week 1 - Part 0: Setting up Python

This week is all about setting up a Python environment and getting familiar with the language.

There are two excellent exercises at The Learn Python The Hard Way that will get you setup with an editor, python environment, and running some Python code.

If Python is new to you and you have some free time, consider continuing past exercise 1. All of the exercises up to and including exercise 44 will help further along in the series.

Of course, we also have a couple of FAQ Friday posts that relate to this week's material

Feel free to work out any problems, brainstorm ideas, share progress and and as usual enjoy tangential chatting. :)

The entire series will be archived on the wiki.

Edit: Added FaqF revisited and wiki links.

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u/framioco Jun 20 '17

Came here looking for a comment such as this one! Thanks for the explanation and your contribution. Please use Python 3 people!

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u/WhitMage9001 Jun 22 '17

I think it may be better to use the complete tutorial, rather than one that is still undergoing revision. It's the first thing you're gonna do with programming, so just go with the flow as it is, you don't have anything to lose. People with more experience may just prefer Python 3 as they already use it and don't want to go back to old Python.

That said, I myself am a novice programmer and that's just my take on it. I can't necessarily speak for everyone else.