Python Script

@google-rayazsiddiqi as @ssadvisor mentioned, I see you didn't save the file.

there is white circle beside the full name, save it and it will disappear. then try again

@husein Thanks this is all working fine now, not sure what the issue is. BTW the files I am creating are NOT in the Python folder (storing Python compiler), is this OK?

@ssadvisor I'm sorry I cant see these icons, please can you tell me again how to see them?

@google-rayazsiddiqi Great! The problem probably was, as @ssadvisor mentioned, that you didn't save the changes.

And, yeah, it's alright. You can create the files wherever you want; I was just telling you to create distinct folders for each project, which would make it easier for you to navigate through them.

@google-rayazsiddiqi Aren't these icons appearing on your screen?

@google-rayazsiddiqi You should make a folder separate from your home folder to put your files in. Like:

mkdir myProject
cd myProject

then create a virtual environment

python3 -m venv venv

The first venv is the python command the second is the name of the virtual environment which can be whatever you like. Next:

code

Now you can start your programming creating files and other directories for your files.

@husein yes they do appear

@ssadvisor Thanks Ernie thats really great, much appreciated!

@ssadvisor

I am getting an error on this, can you help please?

@google-rayazsiddiqi try it with "python" instead of "python3" or maybe just py.  See https://docs.python.org/3/using/windows.html for more help.

Hi , I am finding it hard to follow the Python script modules, the lesson gives an overview and then we are asked to do tasks that require knowledge of other python commands. As an example, the exercise for the module use the term soup.find_all, which was never mentioned in the lesson, see solution below. How can we do the exercises if we don't have the knowledge? Also, as a newbie I am finding it really hard to remember all the commands, is this normal? Thankyou

@ssadvisor I cant get this to work. Can I just not program in the Visual Studio Code environment?

@google-rayazsiddiqi it's not about the programming, it's about the runtime environment that is executing the code. Do you have the path to your Python executable on the PATH environment variable?

@ssadvisor I have no idea what you mean by path to Python executable on the PATH environment variable. Bear in-mind I have NEVER programmed in Python before, thats why I am doing the beginners course. Below is where the python program is stored:

@google-rayazsiddiqi, The examples are to give you an overview of what functionalities there are in Python as a beginner, and it is not a prerequisite. 

For example, soup is used for scraping, so the idea is to know that we can do scraping with Python.

If you feel stuck in one example, dont worry about it, you can skip it. not a big deal.

I am preparing a full new Python course just for beginners that goes more in depth. 

anyway, what exactly is the problem? where you are stuck now? we are here to help