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Python

Posted by greschouse
greschouse
1,783 Points

No question - but community should also be able to talk: "whereami" - dmg vs. pkg... <sigh>

Ok, this is no question but a rant: I'm quite dissatisfied with the quality assurance of this very basic intro series for how to install Python 3 on macOS:

  • the speaker confuses 'pkg' with 'dmg' (basic installation video): this actually is important as pkg runs an installation procedure that usually requires your (su) password;
  • the speaker tries to run "whereami" instead of "pwd".

To me, these pesky little details are not only an indicator that the speaker isn't very familiar w/ *ix OS'es, but also, that there is no proper quality assurance process is set up at Treehouse.

B.t.w. - the best documentation for how to install Python 3 is "The Hitchhiker's Guide to Python" from the official doc (or O'Reilly) print.

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,134 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,134 Points

This is a "no answer". :wink:

You can also make comments directly to the staff as described on the Support page.

greschouse
greschouse
1,783 Points

Hi Steven,

thanks for the hint, very appreciated.

The reason why I preferred the "Community" post is that it gives more transparency to the members and avoids duplicated reports (less support effort). It could perhaps be useful to introduce another category beside "question", e.g. "enhancement"?

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,134 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,134 Points

That might also be another good suggestion to make to the staff directly.

I know some staff members read forum posts, but I don't know that they see all of them.

greschouse
greschouse
1,783 Points
greschouse
greschouse
1,783 Points

Thanks and sorry - assumed you actually were staff (QE due to your 100k+ score) ;)

If the process runs smoothly, I'll submit something via the support page as suggested by you.

Thank you for your replies!

Best wishes,

Karsten