Python Installation
Welcome to Advanced Programming with Python!
This year in programming, we're going to need an installed version of Python 3. For myself, I use two different installations. For all my mathy stuff, I use Anaconda. Unfortunately, Anaconda doesn't seem to play well with the graphics we're going to use in this class (Tkinter). Rather than spending hours trying to find a solution, we're going to use the standard Python 3 Development Environment for what we do in this class.
Now, I've got some good news and some bad news. First, the good news. Our school purchased an enitre cart of laptops to use for our digital classes. This means, you get to use a very nice laptop during Advanced Programming. If you have your own laptop that you would like to use, by all means do so. Next, the bad news. BVSD has not yet installed Python on the new laptops. I tried to install Python 3 on them, but I'm locked to only installing items for my user in the BVSD network. That means students don't have access to anything I install. That means... no Python. That's a problem.
This year in programming, we're going to need an installed version of Python 3. For myself, I use two different installations. For all my mathy stuff, I use Anaconda. Unfortunately, Anaconda doesn't seem to play well with the graphics we're going to use in this class (Tkinter). Rather than spending hours trying to find a solution, we're going to use the standard Python 3 Development Environment for what we do in this class.
Now, I've got some good news and some bad news. First, the good news. Our school purchased an enitre cart of laptops to use for our digital classes. This means, you get to use a very nice laptop during Advanced Programming. If you have your own laptop that you would like to use, by all means do so. Next, the bad news. BVSD has not yet installed Python on the new laptops. I tried to install Python 3 on them, but I'm locked to only installing items for my user in the BVSD network. That means students don't have access to anything I install. That means... no Python. That's a problem.
Until we get this figured out, we're going to hobble our way along using the online Python environment: Trinket.io. This is the same environment you used in Intro to Programming if you took it with Mr. Torrence.
