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beginning-pyscript/#from-a-web-server needs python3 -m http.server

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Open the beginning-pyscript documentation at the “From a web server” section and compare it with the “An application” section, which already mentions python3 -m http.server. Update the getting-started steps to state when to run the server and browse its URL, then verify the instructions are explicit and consistent.

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Description

https://docs.pyscript.net/2024.5.2/beginning-pyscript/#from-a-web-server

, but any static web host will do (for example github...

It doesn't include python3 -m http.server which was mentioned at the top of the page:

https://docs.pyscript.net/2024.5.2/beginning-pyscript/#an-application

If you're using your local file system
... 
python3 -m http.server

Which A) works fine and B) is my preference.

Technically the docs say run it and refresh later but for a Getting Started follow these easy steps I was expecting to be told when to run the server and browse the URL.

Explicit is better than implicit.

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