Repl.it raises $4.5M from A16Z, Paul Graham, and others

Re:Repl.it raises $4.5M from A16Z, Paul Graham, and others by brownbat on Monday October 22, 2018 @10:38PM (#18280340)

> Getting Python to run correctly is not only one of the hardest parts of learning to code, but comes right at the beginning so before people have experienced any success.

This is a surreal statement to read as someone who basically just writes and runs nearly pure Python in a text editor.

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Re:Repl.it raises $4.5M from A16Z, Paul Graham, and others by Alex3917 on Monday October 22, 2018 @10:46PM (#18280373)

> This is a surreal statement to read as someone who basically just writes and runs nearly pure Python in a text editor.

Go help out at meetups for Python beginners and you'll see what I mean.

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Re:Repl.it raises $4.5M from A16Z, Paul Graham, and others by dnautics on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @03:52AM (#18281531)

My company's python backend refuses to deploy on my work laptop, so I don't program in python professionally anymore.

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Re:Repl.it raises $4.5M from A16Z, Paul Graham, and others by Xeronate on Monday October 22, 2018 @10:55PM (#18280401)

So does pretty much everyone. The problem is with setting up virtual environments and managing packages.

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Re:Repl.it raises $4.5M from A16Z, Paul Graham, and others by talltimtom on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @09:45AM (#18283301)

So much more harm than good is done trying to get new users to use virtual environments. Just get them started with straight up python, tell them that the solution to “couldn’t find X” is always just to type pip install X in a terminal and leave them to it. They’ll figure out the rest long before it becomes relevant and they won’t have need for it until long after they figure it out.

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