[Swlug] Raspberry Pi and Python - just a hello.

[Colin Law]

On Tue, 18 Jan 2022 at 23:12, Rhys Sage via Swlug
<swlug at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
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> I've been out of coding for a long time. Just got a Raspberry Pi and some gubbins with the aim of using Python and the gubbins to make the Pi physically do interesting stuff.

Have a look at (and a play with) node-red.  It is free, great fun and
can communicate with practically any hardware that can be attached to
a Pi.
https://nodered.org/
Installation on a pi (or any Debian or Ubuntu based machine) is easy:
https://nodered.org/docs/getting-started/raspberrypi
It is worth watching the Essentials videos linked from the nodered.org page.
Excellent users support available at discourse.nodered.org

Did I mention that it is great fun?  I strongly advise anyone who
hasn't tried it to have a play.

Coln
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> In detail - I walked away from coding in around 2008 (external pressures) and I've been playing around with Python when I get the time (busy and exhausting word schedule during term times (4:30am alarm, start work 6am. Finish work for the day 4:30pm) A couple of gaps in the middle that I generally have to allocate for napping and eating. I have the Pi and various hats and boards for the GPIO.
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> At the moment I have absolutely nobody around me that has any interest in coding etc to bounce ideas off. I might have some bloody stupid-sounding questions to ask and hope to find answers as I (glacially slowly) work toward my goals. The goals will change over time as the project progresses.
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> For my first inane question... Some of the boards I have have sample code solely in C++. As the vast majority of boards use Python it seems a better idea to use Python to do the coding. I do have background in C++/Delphi/Cobol/Basic. How do I use the C++ libraries from Python?
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> 20 years ago I used to go to the SWLUG meetings in Wind St in Swansea but that's quite a commute for me right now as I'm located right now in South Carolina.
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> Rhys Sage
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