Use python3 as the canonical command name course-wide (#104)
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Most current systems (default Debian/Ubuntu, recent macOS) install Python
only as `python3`, with no bare `python` on PATH, so learners who copied
`python cli.py ...` into their host shell hit "command not found".

Convert host-shell `python <cmd>` -> `python3 <cmd>` across module/lab
READMEs, lab `.py` docstrings & usage strings, blog posts, lab prompt and
instruction files, the M04 verify.sh message, and the M10/M24 lab patches.
Module 01's convention note (and its blog/02 mirror) is rewritten so
`python3` is canonical and `python` is the documented fallback.

Stop-lines respected: Docker image tags (`python:3.12-slim`), `.venv/.../python`
and `...\.venv\Scripts\python.exe` paths, the M20 `"command": "python"`
teaching example and surrounding venv prose, container-internal invocations
(M16/M18 Dockerfiles, M16 README `docker run` examples), and CI-workflow
`run:` steps fed by `actions/setup-python` / `image: python:3.12` are left
as `python` on purpose.

pip was left out of scope: most occurrences are prose or CI/container-internal,
and `pip3` does not fix the PEP 668 externally-managed-environment refusal that
the course already addresses with venvs. The M01 note is worded to stay
consistent with bare `pip` (use whichever pip pairs with your Python).

Build (tools/build_wiki.py) and tools/check.sh both pass.

Closes #104

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01GAEzanEoGJT5o1VizQar47
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@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ already standing; it doesn't re-pour the foundation.
Pick something small enough to finish in one sitting and real enough to touch the whole stack. We'll
add **due dates**:
- A task can carry an optional due date: `python cli.py add "file taxes" --due <YYYY-MM-DD>`.
- A task can carry an optional due date: `python3 cli.py add "file taxes" --due <YYYY-MM-DD>`.
- A new `overdue` command lists pending tasks whose due date has already passed.
- The deployed service grows a matching `GET /overdue` endpoint, so the change is visible in the
running container, not just the CLI.
@@ -184,9 +184,9 @@ agent), your forge account, and a working Docker install.
in the future, one safely in the past) so the assertion below holds whenever you run this:
```bash
python cli.py add "file taxes" --due <a date a few months out> # future → NOT overdue
python cli.py add "renew domain" --due 2020-01-01 # past → overdue
python cli.py overdue # should list "renew domain", not "file taxes"
python3 cli.py add "file taxes" --due <a date a few months out> # future → NOT overdue
python3 cli.py add "renew domain" --due 2020-01-01 # past → overdue
python3 cli.py overdue # should list "renew domain", not "file taxes"
```
> *Verify-before-publish: refresh the example due dates so the "future" one is still in the future
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ agent), your forge account, and a working Docker install.
them by name. Confirm the suite is green:
```bash
pytest # or: python -m unittest
pytest # or: python3 -m unittest
```
Once it's green, tell the AI to commit the change. Then verify what it actually staged and wrote:
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@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ This is the running example for **Module 1** (where you feel the copy-paste prob
## Run it
```bash
python cli.py add "read module 1"
python cli.py add "set up my editor"
python cli.py list
python cli.py done 0
python cli.py list
python3 cli.py add "read module 1"
python3 cli.py add "set up my editor"
python3 cli.py list
python3 cli.py done 0
python3 cli.py list
```
Requires Python 3.10+ (it uses `list[Task]` style type hints). No third-party packages.
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"""Tiny command-line front end for the demo task app.
Run it:
python cli.py add "write the lesson"
python cli.py list
python3 cli.py add "write the lesson"
python3 cli.py list
State is kept in tasks.json next to this file. It's intentionally minimal; the point of this app
is to be a realistic-but-small thing you change with an AI, not a product.
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def save(tlist: TaskList) -> None:
def main(argv: list[str]) -> int:
tlist = load()
if not argv:
print("usage: python cli.py [add <title> | list | done <index> | count | delete <index>]")
print("usage: python3 cli.py [add <title> | list | done <index> | count | delete <index>]")
return 1
command = argv[0]