Multiple presentations were delivered to show the features Python and its capabilities.
Presenters were: William Mckee, Lawrence D'Oliveiro and Ian Stewart.
The following presentation were delivered:
Ian Stewart presented this overview of Python, its history and popularity. Refer to the file: /irsbugs/Introduction to Python - Overall Presentation .odp. Slides 1 to 11.
Using Python on a Raspberry Pi to control GPIO ports with LED's attached. Refer to the file: /irsbugs/Introduction to Python - Overall Presentation .odp. Slides 13 to 17
Two python program running on the RPi were demonstrated. These programs are /irsbugs/06_demo_ttk_4_led_counter_inc_dec.py and /irsbugs/09_demo_ttk_pwm_exponential.py.
Installing Python3 and looking at: help(), builtins, pydoc3, PIPy, IPython/Jupyter. Refer to the file: /irsbugs/Introduction to Python - Overall Presentation .odp. Slides 22 to 33
Demonstation of a python script using the python Universal Network Object (uno) Bridge module so that a python script will generate a LibreOffice Draw document. See slides 38 and 39. Refer to the file: /irsbugs/pythonhouse-2016-03-14.py.
William Mckee demonstated Nikola, a static web-site generator, that is written in python. Refer to the file: /irsbugs/nikola-march.svg.
Lawrence D'Oliveiro presented an Introduction to Programming in Python. Refer to the file: /ldo/Python Intro Talk.ipynb.
The ipynb presentation by Lawrence may be launched by binder by clicking on the icon below
The ipynb version 4 presentation by Lawrence may be launched by binder by clicking on the icon below