Part 2 of "Data Analysis and Visualization in Python for Ecologists": Short Intro to Programming in Python
lisamch opened this issue · comments
Interpreter Goes from "Command Line" to "Python" with no direction on how to interact with Python in Command Line
Since this lesson uses Anaconda as a starting point, rather than starting with the command line and confusing Microsoft versus Mac versus Linux users, this lesson could start using the Spyder IDE. That way, the command line doesn't confuse users who haven't used the command line before. A learner might wonder why they just downloaded and installed the whole of Anaconda and returned to using the command line to open Python.
It's also unclear in the description of the transition from Bash to Python in the lesson:
Maybe make crystal clear what is happening here?
@lisamch Thank you for your suggestion. This section is meant to show that python can be executed from the command line, as it shown in the first bullet point "interactively". Would you like to submit a pr with a sentence or two that explains what's going on?