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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@@ -164,9 +164,9 @@ decide:
```python
<<<<<<< HEAD
print("usage: python cli.py [add <title> | list | done <index> | stats]")
print("usage: python3 cli.py [add <title> | list | done <index> | stats]")
=======
print("usage: python cli.py [add <title> | list | done <index> | purge]")
print("usage: python3 cli.py [add <title> | list | done <index> | purge]")
>>>>>>> experiment
```
@@ -295,9 +295,9 @@ the one job that's still yours: verify the result.
```bash
git diff # read what it actually changed
python cli.py add "ship module 6" --priority high
python cli.py add "water plants" --priority low
python cli.py list # see if priorities work and sort
python3 cli.py add "ship module 6" --priority high
python3 cli.py add "water plants" --priority low
python3 cli.py list # see if priorities work and sort
```
Once the diff looks right and the feature runs, tell the agent:
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ the one job that's still yours: verify the result.
> *"Switch back to `main`."*
```bash
python cli.py list # no priorities; main is exactly as you left it
python3 cli.py list # no priorities; main is exactly as you left it
```
Your bold change exists only on the branch. `main` never saw it, and that's the whole point.
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ Then verify the result yourself:
```bash
git log --oneline --graph # straight line = fast-forward merge
python cli.py list # the feature is now on main
python3 cli.py list # the feature is now on main
git branch # experiment/priorities is gone
```
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ Then verify:
```bash
git log --oneline # no trace of the experiment on main
python cli.py list # main is untouched, exactly as before
python3 cli.py list # main is untouched, exactly as before
git branch # the branch is gone
```
@@ -411,9 +411,9 @@ Merge conflicts have an outsized reputation for difficulty. You'll engineer a gu
```python
<<<<<<< HEAD
print("usage: python cli.py [add <title> | list | done <index> | purge]")
print("usage: python3 cli.py [add <title> | list | done <index> | purge]")
=======
print("usage: python cli.py [add <title> | list | done <index> | stats]")
print("usage: python3 cli.py [add <title> | list | done <index> | stats]")
>>>>>>> feature/stats
```
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ Merge conflicts have an outsized reputation for difficulty. You'll engineer a gu
should have produced a single, marker-free line listing both commands, e.g.:
```python
print("usage: python cli.py [add <title> | list | done <index> | stats | purge]")
print("usage: python3 cli.py [add <title> | list | done <index> | stats | purge]")
```
**Here is the punchline of the whole module: you have no idea yet whether that's right, so verify.**
@@ -458,9 +458,9 @@ Merge conflicts have an outsized reputation for difficulty. You'll engineer a gu
```bash
git diff HEAD~1 # what the merge actually changed; confirm no markers remain
git log --oneline --graph # the fork-and-join: this is a merge commit
python cli.py # run with no args, see the merged usage string
python cli.py stats # both commands actually work
python cli.py purge
python3 cli.py # run with no args, see the merged usage string
python3 cli.py stats # both commands actually work
python3 cli.py purge
```
If the usage line lists both commands and both run, the AI's silent resolution was correct. If it
@@ -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.
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
"""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]