#187 Ready to find out if you're git famous?

Python Bytes - A podcast by Michael Kennedy and Brian Okken - Luni

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Past
- NXT 2006
- NXT 2.0 2009
- EV3 2013 (plus, weird post apocalypse thing going on)
Robot Inventor will be available Autumn 2020 (not sure what that means).
- Controllable with both Scratch and Python
- Great updates to help with STEM education
- Instructions for 5 different robots
- interesting:
  - 5x5 LED matrix
  - 6 input/output ports for connecting a variety of sensors and motors.
  - 6 axis gyro/accelerometer
  - color sensor
  - distance sensor
  - and Python!
  - Can be programmed with Windows & Mac, of course. But also iOS & Android tablets and phones and even some FireOS devices.
Related: MicroscoPy - IBM open source, motorized, modular microscope built using LEGO bricks, Arduino, Raspberry Pi and 3D printing.

by Kevin Markham
Want to contribute to an open source project? Follow this detailed visual guide to make your first contribution TODAY
Although there are other guides like it out there, mine is (1) up-to-date with the latest GitHub interface, (2) much more detailed, and (3) highly visual. Includes 16 annotated screenshots + 2 workflow diagrams.
The only prerequisite is that the reader has a tiny bit of Git knowledge. They don't even have to be a great coder, because what I suggest is that they start by fixing a typo or broken link in the documentation. That way they can focus on learning the contribution workflow!
Steps:
choose a project to contribute to
fork the project
clone your fork locally
load your local copy in an editor
make sure you have an "origin" remote
add the project repository as the "upstream" remote
pull the latest changes from upstream into your local repository
create a new branch
make changes in your local repository
commit your changes
push your changes to your fork
create the pull request
review the pull request
add more commits to your pull request
discuss the pull request
delete your branch from your fork
synchronize your fork with the project repository
Nice Tips for contributing code section too.

Snek: A Python-inspired Language for Embedded Devices
An even smaller footprint than MicroPython or CircuitPython
Can’t wait for Robot Inventor? Snek supports Lego EV3.
“Snek is a tiny embeddable language targeting processors with only a few kB of flash and ram. … These processors are too small to run MicroPython.”
Can develop using Mu editor
Custom Snekboard runs either Snek or CircuitPython.
Or run Snek on Lego EV3.
Smaller language than Python, but intended to have all learning of Snek transferable to later development with Python.
“The goals of the Snek language are:
- Text-based. A text-based language offers a richer environment for people comfortable with using a keyboard. It is more representative of real-world programming than building software using icons and a mouse.
- Forward-looking. Skills developed while learning Snek should be transferable to other development environments.
- Small. This is not just to fit in smaller devices: the Snek language should be small enough to teach in a few hours to people with limited exposure to software.
Snek is Python-inspired, but it is not Python. It is possible to write Snek programs that run under a full Python system, but most Python programs will not run under Snek.”

via Björn Olsson
Pretty-print git repository collaborators sorted by contributions.
Install via pip: pip install --user git-fame
Register with git: git config --global alias.fame "!python -m gitfame``"
Run in a repo directory: git fame
Get a table of contributors including: Author, Lines of Code, Files, Distribution (stats), sorted by most contributions.

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