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Changes to quick-start guide #1366

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Made substantial changes to the structure of the quick start guide.

  • Emphasised installation using pip whether using an Anaconda or Miniconda distribution or the standard PyPI install
  • Shortened the guide to remove unnecessary elements for a beginner, including the section on testing out HARK using Spyder
  • Removed redundancies such as repeated instructions on creating virtual environments
  • Streamlined most of the content to make it more beginner friendly

I have removed the part on installing HARK using conda-forge, as I think it can be relegated to the installation guide alone. The quick start should serve its primary purpose by providing a single best way to get started.

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A few suggestions aimed at simplifying the quick-start guide.

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To install `virtualenv`, then to create an environment named `econ-ark`, and finally to activate that environment:
To create a new virtual environment, enter this in your command line:
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I think we ought recommend conda, perhaps replace the rest of this sub-section with the following?

To create a new environment, follow the steps below in your command line:

1. We first set up a Conda 'environment' for HARK.
   This is a way of isolating the installation of HARK so that it does not interfere
   with any other Python scripts or modules on your computer.
   To do so, at a command line type:

   ```console
   $ conda create -n econ-ark "python=3.10"
   ```

2. Activate the environment:

   ```console
   $ conda activate econ-ark
   ```

3. Install HARK into the environment:

   ```console
   (econ-ark) $ conda install econ-ark
   ```

I'd also consider remove the line about installing a non-default release, I'm unsure if it fits in the quick-start guide.

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Arguably this doesn't belong in the quick-start guide -- perhaps just redirect to the contributing guide?


- If you don't want to clone HARK, but just to download it, go to [the HARK repository on GitHub](https://github.com/econ-ark/HARK). In the upper righthand corner is a button that says "clone or download". Click the "Download Zip" option and then unzip the contents into your chosen directory.
### Demonstrations on using HARK
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This sub-section should go within "Learning HARK" below

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@sidd3888 can you look at @AA-Turner's comments and make appropriate changes so we can merge this PR?

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Have made changes according to @AA-Turner's suggestions. The only thing in which I differ was recommending the installation using conda-forge, as it seemed to be more prone to conflicts than the pip version, particularly because it installs older versions of everything else. That said, I have decluttered all other parts of the guide. If this sounds good, then lets go ahead with it. If we must insist on conda-forge, then I can make that change too.

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@alanlujan91 alanlujan91 merged commit c6508c2 into econ-ark:master Apr 18, 2024
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