I mean I get the appeal of a super fast close but honestly rushing things usually bites you in the ass somewhere down the line. That 60 day timeline gave everyone room to breathe and catch any weird title issues before they became drama. Faster isn't always better in my book.

You'd think libraries of all places would know better than to throw people into the deep end like that. I've helped run a few of these workshops and we always use something like Replit or a simple online notebook for the first session. That way people can actually focus on learning what a variable is instead of fighting with PATH variables and environment errors. You can always show them how to set up a real IDE in week two or three once they've got some confidence built up. The goal should be getting them excited about coding, not filtering out the ones who aren't already tech savvy.