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Using the word 'type' for executing code could be confusing

Open klbarnes20 opened this issue 2 years ago • 0 comments

I'm a member of The Carpentries Core Team and I'm submitting this issue on behalf of another member of the community. In most cases, I won't be able to follow up or provide more details other than what I'm providing below.


In episode 2, starting with data, at least a couple of times, the instructions for executing or running the code is 'type'. I think this could be confusing for someone who is new to programming. One particular line talks about 'typing' the code straight into the console to install packages.Does typing a code in the console run it? To avoid the confusion that might arise, I suggest using a more uniform language throughout the lesson.

klbarnes20 avatar May 22 '23 23:05 klbarnes20