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ErinBecker

episode 03 - clarity suggestion to text

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As I was preparing my teaching demonstration for Carpentries instructor training I was working through the episodes in the Data Analysis and Visualization in Python for Ecologists lesson. I am...

alp5088

Update Python/Anaconda installation videos

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### What is the problem? The videos on how to install Anaconda are out of date (using resources from continuum.io) ### Location of problem (optional) https://datacarpentry.org/python-ecology-lesson/#installing-anaconda

maneesha

Semicolons are not typically used in Python code and may cause confusion

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### What is the problem? Semicolons aren't wrong but are not commonly used in Python code and have not been introduced in this lesson. Line breaks and indents are more...

maneesha

Previous exercise referenced when there is no previous exercise

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### What is the problem? This [challenge](https://datacarpentry.org/python-ecology-lesson/07-visualization-ggplot-python.html#challenge---bar-plot-adaptations) says to adapt the bar plot of the previous exercise. However this is the first exercise (so there isn't a previous exercise) and...

maneesha

Clarification about using a "terminal" or "anaconda prompt"

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### How could the content be improved? In the [summary and setup section](https://datacarpentry.org/python-ecology-lesson/#required-python-packages) when it comes to installing plotnine, we say to use the Anaconda prompt if on Mac or...

maneesha

### How could the content be improved? In the setup instructions (https://datacarpentry.org/python-ecology-lesson/index.html#launch-a-jupyter-notebook) we instruct users to start a notebook via their terminal. I would recommend expanding the instructions to instruct...

maneesha

Difference between "package" and "library"

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### What is the problem? In this section (https://datacarpentry.org/python-ecology-lesson/00-before-we-start.html#asking-for-help) we say that a package is not the same as a library. I know many people (myself included) tend to use...

maneesha

### What is the problem? The link to the plotnine API reference in this challenge is broken. https://datacarpentry.org/python-ecology-lesson/07-visualization-ggplot-python.html#challenge---bar-plot-adaptations ### Location of problem (optional) https://datacarpentry.org/python-ecology-lesson/07-visualization-ggplot-python.html#challenge---bar-plot-adaptations

maneesha

### How could the content be improved? Listing the data files in alphabetical order would make it easier to compare this list to what a learner has saved locally and...

maneesha