I finished the Python course at CodeAcademy per the recommendation of
someone on this list and although I still have the final project to do, it
occurs to me that I have no clue as to what version of Python I should be
trying to work with going forward.
There seems to be valid arguments for bo
How many versions of VFP do you work with? I have a couple of versions
installed, in order to support clients who are locked in for some
reason or another.
Learn, use and master 3, because that's the future. Fall back to 2 if
you run into that (rare) app that still requires it. It's okay to keep
m
Paul
I'm currently learning Python too via the Django framework. Unless you
have a lot of legacy code to maintain or third party libs that are stuck
on 2.x then 3 all the way IMO.
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Alan Bourke
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On Sat, 19 Aug 2017, at 08:32 PM, Paul H. Tarver wrote:
> I
I guess that was part of the question. The installation for Python 3.x sets
up paths and other stuff that I thought would be exclusive to one version or
the other. But I guess you are saying they coexist happily, correct?
I know it was a rhetorical question but I use VFP 6, VFP 9 and on really
ra
I think I instinctively thought 3.x was correct since I have no legacy code
and this is my first foray into the language. However, there appears to be
such a huge number of addons, plugins, extensions and other third party code
for the two versions, I didn't want to limit my options.
My long term
Hi Paul,
Definitely Python 3. For all but the most narrow use case you can ignore
the FUD about Python 2 vs Python 3.
Welcome to the club!
Malcolm
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On Aug 19, 2017, at 2:32 PM, Paul H. Tarver wrote:
> There seems to be valid arguments for both sides on the interwebs, but what
> do the VFP programmers who use Python advise?
Python 3 is the future. Python 2 is the past.
So here's the thing: if you're working on an existing app that was writt
On Aug 19, 2017, at 3:55 PM, Paul H. Tarver wrote:
> I guess that was part of the question. The installation for Python 3.x sets
> up paths and other stuff that I thought would be exclusive to one version or
> the other. But I guess you are saying they coexist happily, correct?
Python has virtua
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