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== Session 0: Python Setup ==
The setup curriculum was adpated from BPW. We ran into the following challanges:
* Users on Windows struggled to get Python setup and added to their path.
* Users had different (and often older) version of Python which became a bigger issue when we began using
* Mac users struggled with — and generally did not like
* Use [https://store.continuum.io/cshop/anaconda/ Anaconda] for getting Python
* Use a different text editor for MacOS.
* In browser Python (e.g., http://repl.it)
* Emphasize more strongly that Windows users ''need'' to come to Session 0
* Change the Code Academy lessons to remove and change the HTML example. Users that knew HTML already were often confused because printing "<b>foo</b>" did not result in actually bolded text. This was just the wrong choice for a simple string concatenation example.
* Add some text to emphasize the difference between the Python shell and the system shell. Students were confused about this
* Add a new check off step that includes the following: create a file, save it, run it.
== Session 1: Introduction to Python ==
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