Open britta-wstnr opened 1 year ago
We have this page https://mne.tools/stable/overview/learn_python.html
What I'm hearing is that it's not discoverable.
Oh! Well, I searched for it and did not find it. Based on the questions I get asked, it seems like it is the same for users - and it seems @larsoner was not aware either ...
Maybe we could move it to tutorials? This is where most people seem to land if they feel like they need an in-depth start.
A few potential ideas
overview
to tutorialsintro/05_new_to_python.py
that just links to the overview docintro/10_overview.py
a .. sidebar::
or so that links to the overview docIMO the docs need a medium-sized overhaul, cf #10707. I think this issue and that one should be addressed together, as I don't think we can find the "right place" for this info in the current (IMO wrong) organization of the (non-tutorial) docs content.
Proposed documentation enhancement
We have tutorials on how to get started with MNE-Python that cover some more general aspects of Python (e.g. https://mne.tools/stable/auto_tutorials/intro/15_inplace.html). I often get asked where to start if you do not know any Python at all yet - and as far as I am aware there is no material on the MNE homepage for that.
Maybe we could add a tutorial page with resources we can recommend for getting started with Python, numpy, or also the use of a terminal.