New to Python just found Spyder questions about Workspace/Project

[Rothrock]

I'm new to using Python and found Spyder and I love it. I have a few very
newbie questions. I'm looking to do things like Bayesian networks,
classifiers, etc. And I also have an interest in language processing,
translation and so forth. I was able to add nltk and its various data
downloads. Nice. But there are a couple of things that I'm not quite
getting traction with.

What is a workspace and what goes in there and what do I do with it? Do I
need multiple ones?

And then the same for a project.


Why does *.temp.py* open every time I start spyder and how can I stop that?
I had assumed it was some kind of template that I could update for my
default document, but changes to it don't seem be reflected when I create a
new document.

[Joseph Martinot-Lagarde]

Post by Rothrock
Why does *.temp.py* open every time I start spyder and how can I stop
that? I had assumed it was some kind of template that I could update for
my default document, but changes to it don't seem be reflected when I
create a new document.

Once you close it, it shouldn't reopen on next start. Spyder reopens the
files that where opened on shutdown.

You can change the template for new documents in Tools > Preferences >
Editor > Advanced options, there is a big button on top.

As for the workspace and project, I don't use the so I'll let others
answer you.

Joseph

[Rothrock]

Thanks for the info on where to change my template. That is very helpful.

However .temp.py always opens with my Spyder. It doesn't matter if it was
opened or closed before.

/Users/rothrock/.spyder2/.temp.py

Do you think I could just go there and delete it?