pip install pygame choking on SDL dependency

[sneakyimp]

This logic doesnt make any sense. First of all why would you search software on Craigslist? Secondly, if you replace pygame with the most known programming language your first result is rental apartments that include A/C++ (air conditioning). This has no merit in whether to weigh software's value.

Yes of course there are some unrelated posts, but my point is that there is not a single result on los angeles craigslist for pygame. Not one.. Compare that to a search for PHP, Javascript, or react. It's not definitive or anything, just might be tricky to find pygame work if searching on craigslist -- at least in Los Angeles.

Problems with pygame is not the only reason i will never buy an Apple product...

The laptop is my wife's old one, refurbed with an SSD drive. I would not buy a macbook either. I did not mean to suggest pygame must work on OSX and I have no special affinity for OSX. On the contrary. I've only recently started working with it to broaden my skillset. I was just thinking that the prospect of chasing down a solution to display issues sounds like thankless and frustrating work. I'd much rather be coding.

As for my book, all its code examples assume livewires is in use. Perhaps online pygame tutorials would be better. Let's just say that it's challenge enough to slog thru the book. It's more of a slog if I must learn not just the code in the book (which won't work) but also learn to translate that code into unadulterated pygame. I think I'd be better off dumping the book. I personally don't give a hoot about livewires and have no affinity for python 2.

Python 2.x Syntax: 'bbb' for byte in strings...

Dang So many differences! I really appreciate that list.

I certainly agree that livewires and python 2 don't look especially interesting/productive as avenues of study. I think I'd be wise to focus on learning skills specific to the job market rather than chasing the "fun" work of developing games. I'm especially interested in the supposedly lucrative fields of AI, Machine learning, security, and data science. I've finished 10 of 12 chapters in this book and haven't seen any DB interaction, network requests, or website hosting information. Sort of wondering where energy is best invested.