Jerry is an Open Data Advocate based in Nottingham and has previously spoken for HackSoc before in 2014! In this event, he will be discussing OpenStreetMap, how to use it and its applications. This will include: What is OpenStreetMap How to contibute to it Routing Problems OSM & Humanitarian Mapping Addresses

One of our members, Demi, will be giving a talk to help you understand the general concepts and ideas around mobile app development. This will include: an overview of the app development industry, how it works and where it’s going the overarching concepts around app development, what they mean and how they work together what you can achieve when you apply these concepts together This talk is tailored towards those new to app development but anyone is welcome! Read more...

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Privacy is a major concern today, nearly all of your data stored with Google, Microsoft, or Apple. Now how would you like to get yourself away from all of this and keep all of files stored on the cloud e.g. on Google drive, iCloud, Onedrive etc. on your own cloud system so that you don’t have to worry about what these companies are doing with your data. There are many articles that have proven that the data stored on these clouds are accessible by these companies. Read more...

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“It works on my machine”, but can you make it on yours? This event challenges you and a group of coding comrades to build a copy of an unknown project in two hours! A copy of the final project will be provided without code for you to try out and get a feel.

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HackNotts ‘23, our annual hackathon, will take place this coming February! Little has been decided other than that, so stay tuned for more information. If you are interested in sponsoring us, please get in touch! We have a range of sponsorship packages available.

Do you have issues when your C or C++ projects get too big, and constantly updating makefiles or other build scripts becomes unwieldy? Do you know what $<, $@, and $^ mean in a makefile? Do you want to make your makefiles work better cross-platform? If your answers to those questions are yes, no, and yes, respectively, then this workshop may be useful for you! We’ll talk about what makefiles are, why they’re useful, how to start using them, and then look at some more advanced topics to make more complex (and useful) makefiles. Read more...

Want to have the chance to win up to $3,000 whilst helping solve one of the UN problems? Join GDSC this Thursday in A07 at 19:00 where we’ll kick-off the solution challenge with an info session. The Google Developer Student Clubs Solution Challenge mission is to solve for one or more of the United Nations’ 17 sustainable development goals using Google technology. This can be completed in teams of 1-4, and anything can be submitted as long as it meets the requirements. Read more...