Re: Using Python on Mac

Jack Jansen <[email protected]> Wed, 30 Dec 2020 12:50:55 +0100
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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:
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> 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.
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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 =
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&nbsp;29-Dec-2020, at 19:29 , Guido Deboeck &lt;<a =
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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 =
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