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I often find the search feature on the Python Documentation website nearly unusable. I think we should link to it but note that searching the documentation might be better done from a search engine (with site:docs.python.org
if necessary but even just putting python
in your search usually works).
I do think that we should at least link to the relevant documentation for strings, lists, dictionaries, sets, and list comprehensions (and any other important topics). Using help(...)
from the command line works but I almost always go straight to the documentation in a web browser (via a DDG/Google search) to find what I'm looking for.
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@treyhunner I agree about the search feature. The one thing that I like about providing the above link and encouraging people to bookmark it is that the link takes a new developer to a table of contents that essentially hits the high points of the language. When one is new, I think that there are two flavors of information folks seek: 1) searching (i.e. your google suggested route) for a specific function/module, and 2) some context of how all these things fit together as a whole. In 2) when the user sees the table of contents days after leaving this workshop, I hope that the lightbulb moment hits the user: oh wow, I remember talking about this, and this, and that.
I added links in Part 3 to the Python docs section for random and randint. Seems reasonable aid to the presenter if questions come up from audience.
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@willingc I agree. Browsing that table of contents could be really helpful for a beginner to get a feel for what's in Python and what they can go to the documentation for.
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Do we have anything like a resource area? We could provide links to the notebooks, related tutorials, learn python the hard way, other related resources. Like a gateway for the online resources for the event.
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I was going to cover further resources in Conclusion (formerly Part 5) as well. But if anyone feels ambitious and wants to create a web page with links, please do and I can mention it in Conclusion.
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Closing this issue since original reminder is addressed in PR #41.
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