Draft updates to use py5 in first python path

[loiswells97]

Test the projects from the first python path in Thonny and make any updates required to get them working in the py5 syntax

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Branch issues/118-Draft_updates_to_use_py5_in_first_python_path created!

[IzzySmillie]

• Hello World
• Target Practice

Error Steps

• py5 install on Thonny is failing at line-profiler
• line-profiler error: Failed to build line-profiler. ERROR: Could not build wheels for line-profiler, which is required to install pyproject.toml-based projects
• Trying a pip install line-profiler also gets the same message. Thought it was worth a shot!
• Also tried the --no-cache-dir flag
• The error within line-profiler is line_profiler/_line_profiler.cpp:44:10: fatal error: 'Python.h' file not found

Thonny screenshots
Hello World project working:

[chrisruk]

I was able to get thonny to work doing something like the following -

brew install [email protected]
brew install [email protected]
python3.9 -m pip install py5 
python3.9 -m pip install matplotlib # So that colour strings work in py5
python3.9 -m pip install thonny

python3.9 -m thonny

I think I had problems trying to get line-profiler to build/install with python 3.10

Although doing from py5 import * worked for generating graphics, as mentioned in their docs you can't use mouse variables such as doing print(mouse_x) would then fail. So you need to do print(py5.mouse_x)

To use 'imported mode' install the plugin 'thonny-py5mode', it will install a JDK. To use go to Tools > Options > General
and set 'environment variables' to something like -

JAVA_HOME=/Users/username/Library/Thonny/jdk-17/Home