Using Python, How can I create a bot/script that let’s me re-post a subreddit’s post to Lemmy?

Just wanted to do a simple little project to practice my programming skills.

I just need to know the outline/backbone of things I should know to do this project.

  • @[email protected]
    2•1 year ago

    Almost every language has versions. Python’s is fairly stable. Python2 has been end of life for a few years now, and I don’t think there’s a python 4 even on the horizon.

    Almost every language has dependency management. Use an IDE.

    Use an IDE with refactor->rename. I’ve never had a problem with renaming. Right now when I went to see what it would do, it suggested correctly “did you mean [correct variable name]?”. 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 don’t see how that’s a relevant critique of python.

    • @RookiMA
      -1•1 year ago
      1. Yeah ok ig
      2. IDE doesnt have anything to do with pip, it can install it sometimes, but for version controll its uterly garbo
      3. IDE is sometimes impossible to catch the variable. ( VS Code, Pycharm )

      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 “best practices”

      • @[email protected]
        0•1 year ago

        Just use a virtual environment and let your ide manage it. Or a docker container if you’re doing production work.

        Any language may have trouble if you willy-nilly rename things by hand. That’s not specific to python.

        • @RookiMA
          0•1 year ago

          Like said IDEs work 90% of the time not or there are 50 packages with the god damn same name ( mostly malicious )