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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@@ -355,11 +355,11 @@ the server say *no* is the point: "never commit to `main`" is now a rule, not a
the CLI), and it does what you asked. Run it:
```bash
python cli.py add "keeper" ; python cli.py add "trash"
python cli.py list # note the index shown next to "trash"
python cli.py done <trash-index> # use the index "list" just printed, NOT a fixed 1
python cli.py clear-done # expect it to remove the completed one
python cli.py list # "keeper" remains, "trash" is gone
python3 cli.py add "keeper" ; python3 cli.py add "trash"
python3 cli.py list # note the index shown next to "trash"
python3 cli.py done <trash-index> # use the index "list" just printed, NOT a fixed 1
python3 cli.py clear-done # expect it to remove the completed one
python3 cli.py list # "keeper" remains, "trash" is gone
```
Read the index off `list` rather than assuming it: `done` is positional, and your `tasks-app` has
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ After working through a list, the completed items pile up as noise. There's curr
clear them out short of editing `tasks.json` by hand.
**Acceptance criteria**
- `python cli.py clear-done` removes all completed tasks and keeps all pending ones.
- `python3 cli.py clear-done` removes all completed tasks and keeps all pending ones.
- It prints how many tasks were removed.
- The removal logic lives in `tasks.py` (a `TaskList` method), not in `cli.py`.
- Running it when nothing is done is a no-op that removes 0 tasks (no crash).
@@ -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]