September 24, 2016: Python 4: Input and Output

Introduction

Welcome back to the Python presentations!

It’s been a while so first a short(ish) recap of the previous 3 presentations, including in more detail the Input And Output section of session 3. Then I’ll discuss some useful Python Tutorials. And finally, we can go on to cover some further aspects of the language.

Simon Bluck
Find tutorial material here: Python Session 4

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September 10th, 2016 Meeting

Controlling the World from a Web Browser

A presentation on how to use the Raspberry Pi (and a web browser) to control the world (or just about anything in it).

9:30 am
Victoria Computer Club
85A Burnside Rd West (at Wascana), Victoria, BC

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Hi Fellow NetSIG-ers — Get ready to Automate All the Things with n8n! 🤖 Learn how n8n makes automation easy using its visual, open-source workflow engine. We’ll build and run live examples showing how to integrate your compute environments with real-world services. 🕒 ~1 hour | 💻 Docker and Cloud examples | 🧠 Beginner to intermediate

Bring your laptop with Wireshark, and an OpenWrt router (if you have one).

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