Flaschen Taschen in Python Workshop

flaschen_workshop.md

How to program in Python for the Flaschen Taschen

Documentation

https://noisebridge.net/wiki/Flaschen_Taschen https://github.com/hzeller/flaschen-taschen

What is the Flaschen Taschen?

Getting started

Server setup for Linux

  git clone --recursive https://github.com/hzeller/flaschen-taschen.git
  cd flaschen-taschen/server
  make FT_BACKEND=terminal
  ./ft-server

Server setup for Mac

• Download iterm2: https://www.iterm2.com/version3.html

• Launch iterm2

• To build the server, on the command line:

    git clone --recursive https://github.com/hzeller/flaschen-taschen.git
    cd flaschen-taschen
    git checkout mac-os-compilable
    cd server
    make FT_BACKEND=terminal

• To run the server, run this within iTerm2:

    cd flaschen-taschen/server
    ./ft-server

• Resize your window to 90x36 (size is in the window header)

Running an animation

• Open another terminal window, and run:

    cd flaschen-taschen/
    git checkout master
    cd client/
    python simple-example.py

How sockets work

Why we're doing data manipulation the way we are (and how it was originally more pythonic)

Bookcase

Composition vs inheritance

• Benefit: More flexible - allows you to change how things are wired without making code changes
• Downside: Requires passthrough methods (small price to pay)