This month we are going to be writing python plugins for Burritobot, the resident irc bot for #sheffgeeks on freenode. You can bring along your own ideas or team up with others on the day. Some starter ideas might be:
* "whatson": a plugin to list upcoming sheffield usergroup meetings
* "lastlink": a plugin to report the title of a given link (limiting download size)
* a plugin to determine the burrito obsession of users
* a (pretend?) text adventure game
* "fight: burrito vs bot": on given two things, separated by a vs, this plugin should find some means to choose the winning side (showing a score for each side)
These and other suggestions can be found at https://github.com/sheffgeeks/burritobot/labels/pluginidea. Feel free to add more in advance of the meeting
Our schedule for the evening will be something like:
17:45 - 18:15: Informally, a number of us may be at StreetFoodChef (https://goo.gl/maps/Icktm) for burritos ahead of the official start of the meetup. While these are not provided as part of attending, anyone is welcome to join us.
18:30 - The meetup officially starts.
18:30 - 18:45: A short description of how to get burritobot running and how to write plugins for it.
18:45 - 19:30: Coding session 1.
19:30 - 19:40: Break to discuss progress.
19:40 - 20:20: Coding session 2.
20:20 - 20:30: Show and tell.
20:30 - The meetup officially ends and we head to the Sheffield Tap to discuss the hilarious consequences of our programming.
To get the most out of the event, you should bring a laptop along.
This meetup is intended to be suitable for all levels of Python experience. While under 18s are welcome, they must be accompanied by a parent or guardian for obvious reasons. Note that the Sheffield Tap does not allow under 18s to enter.
