Do you want to learn how to program? In this workshop you will be introduced to the Python Programming Language, and be taught the basic concepts that underpin programming generally. In this session, we’ll cover the following concepts: Installing Python. “Hello, World!”, or writing your first line of code Variables and Types Math Operations Conditional Programming (IF statements) Functions Lists For & While loops String Operations Error handling All you need to bring is yourself and a computer, We’ll walk through installing the language in the workshop. Read more...

Email is a tool that has been around since the dawn of the internet, and is nearly ubiquitous, but have you ever thought about how it works? In this talk James will be giving an overview of all of the different components that make email work, and why even after 50 years it is still hard to setup your own email server.

Have you ever wanted a website? Making a blog is a great way to boost your online presence, and is also a really fun way to express yourself. This first half of this workshop will be Dev Sec Zac going through how to make a nice website with the Hugo static site generator. The second half will be Gen Sec James going through how to host your website with GitHub pages with a custom domain. Read more...

Hello and welcome to our programming cafe events! This is a much more laid back event than our workshops and talks, just rock up and work on a project, and speak to other people about their projects! We’ll be encouraging people to do a brief show and tell towards the end, and you may end up spotlit in our newsletter! We will also have coffee and tea. The event will take place in the Exchange Building C33. Read more...

Come along to our Christmas quiz! We have booked out the top floor of the Rose and Crown pub, next to Jubilee campus, and we will be having a fun HackSoc quiz, with a bit of a Christmas feel. The quiz consists of rounds devised by committee members, and you’ll compete in teams. There are prizes for the winning team! After the quiz we will be playing some party games, so be sure to come along! Read more...

Hello and welcome to our programming cafe events! This is a much more laid back event than our workshops and talks, just rock up and work on a project, and speak to other people about their projects! We’ll be encouraging people to do a brief show and tell towards the end, and you may end up spotlit in our newsletter! We will also have coffee and tea. The event will take place in the Exchange Building C33 (provisionally, subject to room bookings. Read more...

Hello and welcome to our programming cafe events! This is a much more laid back event than our workshops and talks, just rock up and work on a project, and speak to other people about their projects! We’ll be encouraging people to do a brief show and tell towards the end, and you may end up spotlit in our newsletter! We will also have coffee and tea. The event will take place in the Exchange Building LT1. Read more...

Go is a modern systems programming language designed at Google by a bunch of clever people (including Ken Thompson who create UNIX and B, C’s predecessor, so you know it must be good.) It’s becoming a very popular language in a lot of spaces, especially on the web and in crypto. This talk will introduce you to the basics of the Go programming language including installation, making a project, and the language itself. Read more...

Ex-Development Secretary Daniel Cordell joins us for a talk: What they don’t teach you at Harvard business school in a tech degree.

Peter and James have a play with some old-ass Linux CDs we found.