it looks like vPython (I'm assuming vPhython was a typo) is fairly up to date:
https://vpython.org/presentation2018/install.html as is pyserial: https://pypi.org/project/pyserial/#history I would go with vPython's advise to use conda to get both vPython and pyserial. -CHB (note: I recommend "miniconda" -- and then install exactly what else you need) On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 3:51 AM Jack Jansen <jack.jan...@cwi.nl> wrote: > Guido, > if I googled correctly that “Python and Arduino” 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’re 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 <guido54...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig > unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/Pythonmac-SIG > > > -- > > Jack Jansen, <jack.jan...@cwi.nl>, http://www.cwi.nl/~jack > > If I can't dance I don't want to be part of your revolution -- Emma Goldman > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig > unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/Pythonmac-SIG > -- Christopher Barker, PhD Python Language Consulting - Teaching - Scientific Software Development - Desktop GUI and Web Development - wxPython, numpy, scipy, Cython
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