<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt; ">Hi all,</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt; "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt; ">I happen to be on vacation and have the gift of some free time this week!</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt; "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt; ">I'm not familiar with github, but signed up just now and (I think I) found MakeLV. How do I become a member of the organization there?</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt; "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt; ">I enjoy coding, and have been working on a recent project in my spare time that I could upload there for comments or suggestions. It's a PHP/MySQL analytics site for a Magic: The Gathering draft cube using the Facebook API for user auth. It's infantile at best, but getting there.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt; "><br></div><div><font face="verdana, geneva" size="2">I found a wonderful human being who had an XML file of all 12,545 unique cards. I wrote a PHP page to parse the file in chunks and load it into a tabled MySQL db so I could work with it, then have a page where you can just paste in card names and have it create card records associated with a cube for your user id. The site is largely xmlhttp based to eliminate any page refreshes and create an app-like user experience. Future plans include a social aspect to provide cross-user analytics, and I want to use Ajax long polling for real-time updates as I've never done that before. </font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Basically this project encompassed a lot of things I wanted to learn how to do, and so far has been a great success.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt; ">Is this something that other folks might be interested in looking at on the github? Am I completely misunderstanding the concept? I could use pointers in the way of security/sessioning as well as optimization and would welcome any collaboration.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt; "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt; ">Let me know what you all think,</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt; "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt; ">J</div>
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Subject: Re: [MakeLV] Fruits of Code Year and Micro-controllers?<br>
From: Josiah Ritchie <<a href="mailto:josiah@josiahritchie.com">josiah@josiahritchie.com</a>><br>
Date: Thu, June 07, 2012 10:43 am<br>
To: "Build things for fun!" <<a href="mailto:makelehighvalley@makelehighvalley.com">makelehighvalley@makelehighvalley.com</a>><br>
<br>
Yeah, getting up to speed, especially with github in the mix is pretty<br>
trivial. The more complicated stuff can take some googling sometimes,<br>
but tons of people use it so the chances that an answer isn't on<br>
StackOverflow alone is pretty remote. Also, git is more like mercurial<br>
(Hg) in that you can do checkins and stuff like that while away from<br>
an internet connection. I've done both mercurial and SVN, but I<br>
eventually settled on git because I think it has the biggest community<br>
and is most likely to endure. Having Linus Torvald as your creator<br>
tends to be a big plus for adoption. Fortunately, it isn't in his<br>
hands anymore and the complexity has been brought down a notch so the<br>
reputation for it being only for genius level people is no longer<br>
warranted.<br>
<br>
JSR/<br>
<br>
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Will <<a href="mailto:staticphantom@gmail.com">staticphantom@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Thanks Josiah, I plan on doing some coding this weekend. Github would be<br>
> perfect, to bad my experience is limited with GIT, however I've used<br>
> mercurial and SVN so I think I should know the basics.<br>
><br>
> -Will<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 7:30 AM, Josiah Ritchie <<a href="mailto:josiah@josiahritchie.com">josiah@josiahritchie.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Github might be better for sharing and collaborating on code than Google<br>
>> Docs.<br>
>><br>
>> I even created us an an organization there:<br>
>> <a href="https://github.com/organizations/MakeLV">https://github.com/organizations/MakeLV</a><br>
>><br>
>> I can answer questions concerning git (open source code versioning<br>
>> system).<br>
>><br>
>> JSR/<br>
>><br>
>> On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 4:17 PM, Will <<a href="mailto:staticphantom@gmail.com">staticphantom@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> > Any coding skills are sufficient past extreme basics :). I'll keep you<br>
>> > posted as I get a little more settled for a bit out here.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > -Will<br>
>> ><br>
>> > On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 1:35 PM, William Weik <<a href="mailto:wweik@lutron.com">wweik@lutron.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Hey Will,<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> I'm interested in helping you out with the framework.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> I don't know if my current coding skill will be sufficient or not, but<br>
>> >> I<br>
>> >> should be able to get up to snuff pretty fast.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> If you want to share share the code with me I'd love to take a look.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> -Will W<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> From: <a href="mailto:makelehighvalley-bounces@makelehighvalley.com">makelehighvalley-bounces@makelehighvalley.com</a><br>
>> >> [<a href="mailto:makelehighvalley-bounces@makelehighvalley.com">mailto:makelehighvalley-bounces@makelehighvalley.com</a>] On Behalf Of<br>
>> >> Will<br>
>> >> Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2012 2:42 PM<br>
>> >> To: Build things for fun!<br>
>> >> Subject: [MakeLV] Fruits of Code Year and Micro-controllers?<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Hello Everyone!<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> I have been busy with my preparations to Chicago for the next two<br>
>> >> months<br>
>> >> (quite unfortunate really) however I have managed to be productive<br>
>> >> concerning some projects for the space. One such project is a web based<br>
>> >> tool<br>
>> >> for graphically displaying data in a web page. I am currently looking<br>
>> >> up how<br>
>> >> to use web sockets for interactivity however the generic plotting has<br>
>> >> come<br>
>> >> around quite nicely. I have come at a point with the RFID project to<br>
>> >> where I<br>
>> >> cannot gain enough visibility into my project given the lack of test<br>
>> >> tools<br>
>> >> so... this project I am working on is solve the problem I have<br>
>> >> concerning<br>
>> >> the space to some degree which is the lack of test tools.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> I do admit, my conversations with Bill and Dave have largely influenced<br>
>> >> my<br>
>> >> motivation for creating these basic test tools when there was a<br>
>> >> discussion<br>
>> >> about school systems spending way too much on what the current market<br>
>> >> has to<br>
>> >> offer for simple tools used for science experiments in the classroom.<br>
>> >> With<br>
>> >> that, I am currently developing the frame work and library to 1)<br>
>> >> eventually<br>
>> >> make a low speed oscilloscope that is based on micro controllers 2)<br>
>> >> live<br>
>> >> data plotting of virtually any device streaming to a largely 3)<br>
>> >> platform<br>
>> >> independent system.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> The framework I am working on is simple and would be a great time for<br>
>> >> people to learn how to write code (I will be assisting) as well as<br>
>> >> joining<br>
>> >> me on my journey to make some cheap test tools for the lab and our home<br>
>> >> work<br>
>> >> shops. I am currently using Google Drive to back up and host my<br>
>> >> project, if<br>
>> >> anyone is interested please let me know because I am willing to share<br>
>> >> the<br>
>> >> project with anyone and help teach for those who are inclined. For<br>
>> >> those of<br>
>> >> you that may wish to skip ahead through Code Year and jump right to the<br>
>> >> fun<br>
>> >> part of all the lessons and start working on an application, now is a<br>
>> >> great<br>
>> >> time to jump in and have fun! I am open to using skype and/or google<br>
>> >> talk<br>
>> >> for discussion as I work for essentially creating a virtual hacker<br>
>> >> space<br>
>> >> during my absence.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Dave, I would like some input into how this framework should work in<br>
>> >> terms<br>
>> >> of possibility being used as a platform in the future for creating and<br>
>> >> allowing cheap science tools in the classroom if at all possible.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Tom, what I'm working on will just use a serial interface or USB to<br>
>> >> a micro controller so given the simplicity and generic state of<br>
>> >> communication this will work on PIC, Atmel, ARM, etc. Input from your<br>
>> >> perspective would be nice especially concerning that I'm sure you know<br>
>> >> what<br>
>> >> it's like looking at a bunch of numbers through a terminal for<br>
>> >> recovering<br>
>> >> data.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> What I currently have so far is in my code year folder in another<br>
>> >> folder<br>
>> >> title'd "bar graph" which should be viewable here.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> A call for help... does anyone have any input on how to work with<br>
>> >> websockets? I'm rather confused where to start with them however they<br>
>> >> are<br>
>> >> extremely powerful.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> -Will Christensen<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
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