[Pythoncard-users] Python distribution problems

[normanwinn <nor...@on...>]

Bruce Landon wrote:

> I would like to see pythoncard more usable for making education resources
> and the single biggest difficulty for me was trying to make a stand alone
> application from by code that I could distribute easily to students who are
> general psychology students with limited computer skills (not enough to
> install and use python in my experience).  Phil Edwards reportedly has
> some variety of solution to this as per his posting..
> 
> I think that "Learning Object" can be made easily with pythoncard but
> distribution of them in learning object repositories so other 
> instructors can
> share the wealth is turning out to be a serious problem.  The only other
> long distance solution is to try to code everything in javascript but that
> is a big step back from what you have done with pythoncard that I will
> press for easy distribution functionality of stand alone programs.

Hello,

I have started another thread with this - though it doesn't belong here.

After an enthusiastic start with PythonCard I am not using it or, for 
that matter, Python itself. The reasons are similar to those you give. 
To be fair, this is not a PythonCard problem or even simply a Python 
problem but a problem of open source software in general. By its nature 
open source attracts the technically able - notably among the ranks of 
those that maintain it. It is very difficult to get them to see the need 
that to you and I is important. You get replies like, "Do A followed by 
B. If C do D else do E. Then do F, G". This is fine for the pioneers but 
not for end users.

This is, IMO, the major existing barrier to the adoption of open source. 
If Python and PythonCard are really to target the Visual Basic market 
this problem must be addressed,

Norman Winn

PS I know this should be on a python list but I can't cope with the mail 
storm one gets from there.




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