Instructions for Pythonista beginners
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last edited bySeeing a few new people join the forum and ask questions lately, I was thinking that it might be good to have someone write a quick intro to the forum, what some of the must-have tools, how to go about getting those setup on Pythonista, and how to increase your library from there. Pythonista-Tools is a great resource once you know how to use GitHub, but I could image there being a need for some extra instructions.
I know some of the hardcore python coders and forum contributors will be best-placed to do so, and can point to best practice. But for example, some tools like gitrepo, New Script from Git, Dropbox File Picker, ui-tutorial, scene tutorial, stash, etc... would be good to include in such a document or post.
So two things, I guess:
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Perhaps some of the newer forum members and Pythonista users can describe their learning curve, and suggest ways for the rest of this community to help, if it's needed at all.
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If there is a need, are there any volunteers to put something like that together?
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last edited byCurrently pythonista is 2.7.5, with no advertised plans to go to python3.
A good clearinghouse of pythonista tools is here
https://github.com/Pythonista-Tools/Pythonista-ToolsWe try to keep major contributions posted in the repo. Not entirely curated, but a good place to poke around for ideas and tools.
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last edited byCould someone please explain how to get a simple blank page so I can take my 'Bucky Roberts youtube videos.(thenewboston).
I can use linux for my zed shaw vids, so if someone could tell me how to get a basic blank page to learn basics that would be great. This is kind of difficult for me, a beginner and I don't want to go back to windows idle, although that was easy enough. I like being able to learn on my phone at work.
Thanks!
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last edited by@rompy, Hopefully you already figured it out... but if not, read thru http://omz-software.com/pythonista/docs/ios/pythonista.html The method for creating a new blank script is explained in the first few paragraphs. Happy coding.
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last edited bySomething I have noticed on other forums is that there are quite often a few discussions that are I belive called stickies. They are always at the top of the discussion list and don't go away. They always seem to deal with topics that will always be of interest and can be added to over time. I recently made my way here from the Editorial side of things and have spent time becoming aware of the Pythonista resources on Github, learning how to fetch files from the repository, getting files from dropbox and so on. It certainly would help to have a beginners thread in that it would help speed the learning process up. And if it was at the top of the discussion list you would see it straight away and not have to search for it.
On a side note and not to be provoking but I don't mind being circumscribed by Apple's strictures. There are other environments that offer greater freedoms but they are also susceptible to greater risks. Pythonista is wonderful but I don't expect it to be a production environment. I see it as a means to learning and having fun.
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last edited byPersonally, I would love to see the Pythonista forum on a different platform which would permit notifications, stickies, better organization,and better search capabilities. I don't mean to offend anyone but (IMHO) this is not the best forum platform.
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last edited byYes, I plan to move the forum pretty soon, probably to UserEcho (see the Textastic forum for an example of how that would look approximately).
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last edited byccc, I finally found the blank project page, it was sort of right there in front of me but I was impatient and overlooked it.
Thanks for going to the trouble to help me, I'll try to eventually return the favor to another newbie!
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last edited by@omz Tried UserEcho and found it quite sluggish on my ipad. And a nitpick really but tapping above the URL bar in Safari doesn't return you to the top of the page which is a really handy shortcut. The stickies are nice though. :)
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last edited by@omz What about Vanilla forums instead? (UserEcho is sluggish for me as well)
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last edited by@Dalkey @Saturn031000 Really? What kind of iPad are you using? It feels pretty snappy for me... I've used Vanilla in the past, and I had massive spam problems with it, and the hosted option is quite expensive.
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last edited by@omz Its fine on my iPad Air now, but before, I tried it on my iPad 2 and it was sluggish.
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last edited byI might suggest an "index" as a sticky. I am on a number of forum (fora?) and a message that is "sticky" with hyperlinks to the original would be good. Needs a curator. Not volunteering.
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last edited by@Dalkey @Saturn031000 Hmm, I think I know what you mean now. It seems like UserEcho's scrolling is extremely sluggish in landscape mode. No idea what they're doing there, but it's significantly more usable in portrait orientation. I'll have to evaluate a few more options, but everything I've looked at so far has some kind of serious drawback...
