[Python-Dev] Python 3 migration status update across some key subcommunities (was Re: 2.7 is here until 2020, please don't call it a waste.) (original) (raw)

Carol Willing willingc at willingconsulting.com
Sun May 31 20:26:28 CEST 2015

On 5/31/15 8:39 AM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:

What I would really like to see is a Python 3 (and if you really need Python 2, here's how it differs) version of Python: Essential Reference. Agreed. If anyone has Python 3 books, talks, or resources that they find helpful and of high quality, please send me an email and I will happily curate a cheatsheet, document, or website with the results. For example, Harry Percival's TDD book and tutorials on PyVideo.org are well done with a Python 3 focus.

If you have other favorite Python 2 books that you wish were revised/rewritten to have a Python 3 focus, please email me that as well.

I agree, but the cargo cult thing is big for people coming to Python because somebody told them it's a good way to do something practical. For our user group attendees (whether novice or experienced, teens or post-docs), "practical and simple" trumps "shiny and complex". Search gives them a mountain of resources. Yet, these users are looking for guidance on a reasonable approach to do the practical things that interest them. These creators, innovators, and experimenters care less about programming language or version than they do about building their ideas. Fortunately, the Python language, especially when combined with the Python community and its outreach, enables building these ideas...when we are not tripping all over our own perspectives of which version "should" suit the use case. Practically, use whichever version is best suited to the use case.

Warmly, Carol

P.S. Whether you develop for version 2, version 3, or both, thank you for doing so :-)

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