[ANNOUNCE] London Perl Workshop

[Spiros Denaxas]

Saturday the *8th* of November :)

Spiros

On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 9:51 AM, Mark Keating <m.keating at shadowcat.co.uk>
wrote:

> In the heady enthusiasm of all the fun things we are doing at this year's
> London Perl Workshop I may have missed telling you all when the workshop
> will be....
>
> London Perl Workshop: Saturday 7th November 09:00-18:30 - University of
> Westminster, Cavendish Campus.
>
> Also a few more details, once more, about the Arduino Workshop:
>
>
>      Sponsored Arduino Workshop <http://act.yapc.eu/lpw2014/news/1247>
>
>
> This year we will be presenting a Sponsored Arduino Workshop with
> part-sponsored equipment. Adrian McEwan and Hakim Cassimally will present a
> 4 hour workshop (split into two parts) focussing on the Arduino and
> Internet of Things.
>
> The workshop will divide into a structured introduction, and a free
> period, where you can play with more electronics or code depending on your
> interests.
>
>
>      First half: Basics of Arduino and Electronics
>
>  * connecting Arduino, basics of IDE, basics of C++ for Arduino
>  * breadboard basics
>  * wiring up a simple output (LED)
>  * wiring up a simple input (button, potentiometer)
>  * more complicated outputs - RGB LED
>  * connecting to a simple internet app (basic PSGI) to change colour of LED
>
>
>      Second half: Playtime!
>
> Collaborate with other attendees or work by yourself on, for example:
>
>  * more electronics, wiring up a more complicated input/output from our
>    goodie bag
>  * more client code: play with C++ on the Arduino side
>  * more server code: extend the basic PSGI you connected to earlier
>    into a full featured Cat/Ox/Mojolicious app
>  * more Perl interfacing: play with Device::Firmata,
>    Device::Arduino::LCD, or Device::WebIO
>
> As part of this workshop all attendees will leave with an Arduino Uno,
> Ethernet Shield and various small components. The cost of these components
> is close to £60 per kit; but thanks to generous sponsorship the attendees
> who sign up to this will only be charged £25 per person.
>
> To sign up to this you must contact Mark Keating atm(dot)keating(at)
> shadowcat.co.uk <mailto:m.keating at shadowcat.co.uk>or Claire
> Jacksonc.l.jackson(at)shadowcat.co.uk <mailto:m.keating at shadowcat.co.uk
> ><mailto:c.l.jackson at shadowcat.co.uk>and confirm your participation. They
> will give you a link of how to pay. Payment *must* be in advance and
> numbers will be limited to 15 persons. We recommend you sign up soon as two
> thirds of the places are gone.
>
> The speakers have been generously sponsored by theEnlightened Perl
> Organisation. <http://www.enlightenedperl.org/>
>
> Please feel free to share this news around. Remember that the submission
> of Talks/Workshops, submission of Sponsors and registration at the
> conference should be done as soon as possible.
>
> -mdk
>