Re: Using Python on Mac
Jack Jansen <[email protected]> Wed, 30 Dec 2020 12:50:55 +0100
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--===============5933971589442149795== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_F6855147-2BF7-424C-853C-6F5339CE76BE" --Apple-Mail=_F6855147-2BF7-424C-853C-6F5339CE76BE Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Guido, if I googled correctly that =E2=80=9CPython and Arduino=E2=80=9D series = is from 2014. At that time there was something to be said for using = Python 2.7, but in 2020 that is no longer true. And, actually, since = Python 2.7 has finally been moved to end-of-life last year many = tutorials that refer to Python 2.7 specifically will stop to work (as = you have found out). Your best bet is to ignore all the version numbers Paul McWorther = mentions in his tutorial, and try to download the latest version of = everything. See how far that gets you. You=E2=80=99re not the first one to run into this problem, as you can = see from the comments under the video, but unfortunately none of the = people that came across the Python 2.7 issues added comments saying what = they had to do to run the tutorial in 2020. If you get it to work: maybe = add a comment to the video to say what you had to change to make it = work? And feel free to post problems here, Jack > On 29-Dec-2020, at 19:29 , Guido Deboeck <[email protected]> = wrote: >=20 > In Lesson 2 of Python and Arduino by Paul McWhorter he suggest = downloading Python 2.7 rather than the more recent version 3.x. He also = suggests to download pyserial 2.7 as well as vPhython. I have search for = pyserial 2.7 and have not been able to find it on the web As to vPhython = I found PyCharm, but that is not for free. Could you pls help me to find = pyserial 2.7 as well as vPhython for use on a Mac. Thank you. >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Pythonmac-SIG maillist - [email protected] > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig > unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/Pythonmac-SIG -- Jack Jansen, <[email protected]>, http://www.cwi.nl/~jack If I can't dance I don't want to be part of your revolution -- Emma = Goldman --Apple-Mail=_F6855147-2BF7-424C-853C-6F5339CE76BE Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" = class=3D"">Guido,<div class=3D"">if I googled correctly that =E2=80=9CPyth= on and Arduino=E2=80=9D series is from 2014. At that time there was = something to be said for using Python 2.7, but in 2020 that is no longer = true. And, actually, since Python 2.7 has finally been moved to = end-of-life last year many tutorials that refer to Python 2.7 = specifically will stop to work (as you have found out).</div><div = class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Your best bet is to = ignore all the version numbers Paul McWorther mentions in his tutorial, = and try to download the latest version of everything. See how far that = gets you.</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = class=3D"">You=E2=80=99re not the first one to run into this problem, as = you can see from the comments under the video, but unfortunately none of = the people that came across the Python 2.7 issues added comments saying = what they had to do to run the tutorial in 2020. If you get it to work: = maybe add a comment to the video to say what you had to change to make = it work?</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">And = feel free to post problems here,</div><div class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Jack<br class=3D""><div><br = class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D"">On = 29-Dec-2020, at 19:29 , Guido Deboeck <<a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" = class=3D"">[email protected]</a>> wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div class=3D"">In = Lesson 2 of Python and Arduino by Paul McWhorter he suggest downloading = Python 2.7 rather than the more recent version 3.x. He also suggests to = download pyserial 2.7 as well as vPhython. I have search for pyserial = 2.7 and have not been able to find it on the web As to vPhython I found = PyCharm, but that is not for free. Could you pls help me to find = pyserial 2.7 as well as vPhython for use on a Mac. Thank you.<br = class=3D""><br = class=3D"">_______________________________________________<br = class=3D"">Pythonmac-SIG maillist - <a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" = class=3D"">[email protected]</a><br class=3D""><a = href=3D"https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig" = class=3D"">https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig</a><br = class=3D"">unsubscribe: = https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/Pythonmac-SIG<br = class=3D""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=3D""><div class=3D""> <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; = font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; = letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: = auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div class=3D""><p = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; " class=3D""><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; " = class=3D"">--</font></p><p style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; " class=3D""><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; " class=3D"">Jack Jansen, <<a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" class=3D"">[email protected]</a>>, = <a href=3D"http://www.cwi.nl/~jack" = class=3D"">http://www.cwi.nl/~jack</a></font></p><p style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; " = class=3D""><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: normal = normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; " class=3D"">If I can't dance I = don't want to be part of your revolution -- Emma Goldman</font></p><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"> </div> <br class=3D""></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_F6855147-2BF7-424C-853C-6F5339CE76BE-- --===============5933971589442149795== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/Pythonmac-SIG --===============5933971589442149795==--