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DjangoGirls
Tutorial should address the case of people who do not have admin rights on their computer
Issue description
A few of the attendees in my group came with their work computer, on which they didn't have admin rights. Those are necessary to install Python (on Windows at least). I don't think the tutorial mentions this anywhere, so people find out the hard way while trying to install Python and then don't know what to do once the admin password prompt shows up.
During the workshop, I suggested using the Chromebook instructions instead. Should the tutorial be updated to mention this workaround? Are there other ways to install Python without admin privileges that I might have missed?
Operating system
- Windows
- Linux
- macOS? To confirm
To me that makes sense. I know Linux also requires sudo privileges but I think it's more common for work laptops to run Windows.
Miniconda claims to be installable for for a local user only. https://conda.io/docs/user-guide/install/index.html
For workshops: we haven't ran into this problem around here, because we always put in the event's FAQ: "If you bring your laptop, you will need to bring your administration password so we can install things". We remind them of this in the confirmation email.
The workaround we use when the workshop happens in a computer lab were we can't install things is to have them coding in a cloud IDE such as CodeAnywhere...
At Penguicon, we have users use REPL.it to avoid installation issues when learning JS, HTML, and CSS The disadvantage of this is that users do not have code to take home with them and hack on.
