At 8:29 PM -0800 2/8/06, Bill Janssen wrote: >I've made up a sample page, at >http://bill.janssen.org/new-macpython-page.html. > >This is the kind of thing I'd like to see replace the page at >http://www.python.org/download/download_mac.html.
Bill, As the sort of somewhat sophisticated novice python developer (how is that for a contradiction of terms?) that you folks seem to be targeting, I really like this page. It could use a little bit of cleaning up, such as possibly describing why to use IDLE, how using a newer version of Python can help the user, etc. It is a great start. I look forward to seeing something as straightforward as this replacing the current page. Now, what I really want to see added is something that explains how I can write a program in Python on the Mac and create standalone applications that can run on someone else's computer without them having to install anything else. The descriptions of packaging for Python that I have read here are fairly arcane and not at all straightforward for new developers. As much as I like the general idea of Python, this is the one thing that seems to make the language not ready for end-user applications. It might seem that this isn't Mac specific. But, since the packaging of Python apps on the Mac seems to be different than on other platforms, having a link to it from the main page would be a useful thing. It could certainly be far down the page rather than right at the beginning. Even better would be a discussion of how to move such apps to other operating systems as well. Python may be more elegant than Java, but I can easily give someone a Java app to run on their computer. I'm not confident I could do this for much beyond helloworld with Python and expect it to run since there wouldn't likely be the libraries that I need. Thanks, -Rodney _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig