counselwolfUsing Python, How can I create a bot/script that let's me re-post a subreddit's post to Lemmy?
RookiWhy does everybody wants to use python đ
Itâs a widely supported language with comparably fewer gotchas and foot guns.
Ohh you got python3 installed but this script is only for python2. Oh no you want a specific version of a package you gotta create a fucking venv for it! And hope that you dont forget next time you start :) Oh you renamed a variable of a class. You gotta catch them all! With the (sorry) worst error messages i have ever seen. You can still delete system32 with it.
Almost every language has versions. Pythonâs is fairly stable. Python2 has been end of life for a few years now, and I donât think thereâs a python 4 even on the horizon.
Almost every language has dependency management. Use an IDE.
Use an IDE with refactor->rename. Iâve never had a problem with renaming. Right now when I went to see what it would do, it suggested correctly âdid you mean [correct variable name]?â. But even without that it just says my class has no attribute with the incorrect name, which is about what I would expect. If you think these are bad error messages you should stay away from JavaScript.
Most languages running as admin can delete files. I donât see how thatâs a relevant critique of python.
You wont change my mind about that pile of trash named python.
I would cite some cool dude ;)
Python is an immature language that was populated because the academic computer science business is immature and does not have a definition for âbest practicesâ
Just use a virtual environment and let your ide manage it. Or a docker container if youâre doing production work.
Any language may have trouble if you willy-nilly rename things by hand. Thatâs not specific to python.
Like said IDEs work 90% of the time not or there are 50 packages with the god damn same name ( mostly malicious )