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gritty ivy May 7, 2024, 1:42 AM

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elaborate

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"cant even open the python file" makes no sense at all

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i assume you need to open it in a text editor and not execute it

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don't double click the file

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open it in something like vscode

graceful valve May 7, 2024, 1:44 AM

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You need to run the file in your terminal or IDE

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It's running but it's exiting quickly

gritty ivy May 7, 2024, 1:44 AM

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if you do need to run it then run it in your terminal

graceful valve May 7, 2024, 1:45 AM

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win+r, type cmd, and hit enter

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That's okay we're going to make you feel less stupid right now.

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send a screenshot

gritty ivy May 7, 2024, 1:46 AM

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once you open your terminal, cd into the folder where your python file is

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now you need to cd into the correct folder, yes

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cd means "change directory"

graceful valve May 7, 2024, 1:47 AM

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you type cd <directory name>

gritty ivy May 7, 2024, 1:47 AM

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we need to know where on your filesystem the python file is

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give us an absolute path

graceful valve May 7, 2024, 1:48 AM

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Yeah so you see where that prompt says C:\Users\Oaklands?

gritty ivy May 7, 2024, 1:48 AM

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ok, you should type cd C:\Users\Oaklands\Downloads\myAppStarter in your terminal

graceful valve May 7, 2024, 1:48 AM

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That's your user directory

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You can move around your filesystem like this

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wherever you want to move

gritty ivy May 7, 2024, 1:49 AM

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once you do that you can run your python file using py myAppStarter.py

graceful valve May 7, 2024, 1:49 AM

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Did you change directories to the myAppStarter directory?

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try going directory by directory

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Do you know what a directory or a folder is?

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Like Documents

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Documents is a folder/directory

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C:\ is a partition commonly called the C drive or your system drive

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files are stored inside folders/directories

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people use the word folder and directory interchangeably

gritty ivy May 7, 2024, 1:51 AM

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folder is windows, directory is linux

graceful valve May 7, 2024, 1:51 AM

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doesn't matter

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try doing cd Downloads

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yes

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all of your user account stuff is stored inside your user folder

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so that's where your downloads and documents folders are

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or Desktop, or whatever

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fantastic

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Do you see the prompt shows Downloads in it now?

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You shouldn't need to spam it.

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Don't worry, spamming cd won't hurt your computer.

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If you type dir you will see a list of files in your Downloads folder.

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in a minute

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dir is short for directory

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that's how you can see what files or folders are inside a folder

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now let's try something

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You see everything in the Downloads folder

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dir can show you more if you pass switches to it but I'll let you figure that out on your own later.

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type cd my then hit the tab key

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ok, sometimes it will autocomplete. But that's okay. finish typiing the name of that directory - myAppStarter

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then after you're done hit enter

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you should change to that directory

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just type AppStarter to finish it

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send a screenshot

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oh you know what, it's not a directory

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the py file is in your downloads folder

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type py myAppStarter.py

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hm. try python myAppStarter.py

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Did you install Python?

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You may not have added it to your path when you installed it is all.

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You can definitely load it up in an IDE

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oh there it is, it's python

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ok, type dir myApp* (with the star) and hit enter

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VS Code is popular.

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it should show you if you have any files starting with those letters

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ah

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it's a zip file and you were navigating inside of it

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ok, do you know how to unzip it?

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in explorer right-click on that file and there should be an option to unzip it

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sure

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when that's done you should be able to cd myAppStarter

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It was a compressed file and you just decompressed it.

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now python myAppStarter.py

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that will run that file

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It did run. You got an error

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so success!

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It's giving you a ModuleNotFound error because you don't have the module installed.

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That's easy enough to fix though

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type dir requirements*

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tell me if there is a requirements.txt

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Ok that's fine. Sometimes Python applications will have a requirements.txt file with all the modules they need to run listed

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So is this app from your school or what?

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Ok. So since you're just getting started I would definitely recommend using VS Code or PyCharm or some other IDE

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That will make things a lot more confusing ;P

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But you'll get the hang of it.

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haha

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I'm kidding.

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You will need to take some time to learn the tools though.

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I think that's it.

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no

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Yeah go ahead and install it

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follow the steps and it should guide you. You should be able to open up that file too.

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I have to go now but if you need more help I'm sure somebody will be along

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Good luck. I have faith in you.

frigid pollen May 7, 2024, 2:35 AM

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Do you skill need help?

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