Learn Python on a Pico

Saturday, July 8th 9:30 am til noon and Saturday July 15th 9:30am till noon.

At Quality Foods Eagle Creek Shopping Center in the upstains boardroom

Register here: https://forms.gle/py3BzTUxfyfPj67o8

You need to bring a laptop:

  • A windows laptop or 
  • Linux laptop or 
  • chromebook with linux enabled. 

We loan you

  • A Raspberry Pi Pico with LED and temperature sensor
  • A micro USB cable

You build a digital thermometer that can

  • Report the highest and lowest temperatures of the last 24 hours
  • Signal when a room is dangerously overheated

Here is a description of the class


Sat. Apr. 8, 2023 – Pandas and Data Wrangling

Learn the basics of data manipulation using the Python library, Pandas. This session will provide an overview of common Pandas’ API used to transform your datasets.

You only need paper and a pencil or pen for this session. The presentation will be posted to the VicPiMakers website for you to play with after the Meetup.

Gordos’s presentation .pdf , is here…

We will learn to:
– Install Pandas
– Define the Dataframe and Series classes
– Work with columns and rows
– Filter rows
– Apply or update data
– Merge and concatenate datasets
– Read and write to a file
– Do more, time permitting

9:30-10a Cocktails & Conversation
10a Presentation

This is a Hybrid meeting (in-person and on Jitsi).

Small Boardroom @ Quality Foods, 27 Helmcken Rd #110 · View Royal

Join Us Online here:
https://meet.vinnythegeek.ca/vicpimakers

Sat. Mar 11, 2023 – Go-lang

In this session, we’ll demo the Go programming language. We’ll review the basics of the language, and how to get started with it. We’ll also look at some of the tools that are available to help you program in Go.

9:30-10a Cocktails & Conversation
10a Presentation

This is a Hybrid meeting (in-person and on Jitsi).

Small Boardroom @ Quality Foods, 27 Helmcken Rd #110 · View Royal

Join Us Online here:
https://meet.vinnythegeek.ca/vicpimakers

GitHub Repo – Includes presentation slides and code examples:

https://github.com/netserf/vicpimakers-presentation-go-learn-by-doing

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