This workshop intent to teach the fundamentals of Go programming language. The workshop will include setting up environment for Go development, basic syntax, concepts and solving few problems. more
This workshop focuses mainly on how to set up a working Drupal environment locally and create a custom module from scratch using Drupal and deploying the same to a server. more
Learn the basics of LaTeX - how to create a LaTeX document and compile it to get a well laid-out pdf; What are environments and how to handle them; How to do basic debugging of LaTeX documents; etc. more
Help in understanding the trends in the web app development world, especially in the context of Elixir and Phoenix. A small introduction to the concepts of Phoenix and advantages that it has is going to be a major takeaway. more
Explain concepts of end to end encryption (omemo, gpg), decentralized messaging (email, xmpp, diaspora) and guide/mentor those interested to hack on this area. more
This workshop will focus on frontend engineering using ReactJS, the view library from Facebook. We will start of by discussing the key ideas behind React. Then we will move on to the basics of React, why we would want to use React, React API and then build a fun little webapp using react. more
The audience will understand how non linear functions work while modelling natural phenomena. It will then introduce fractals, how they’re generated and what they’re used for. more
Inform is a natural language based system to author works of interactive fiction. If you’re an author stuck inside a programmers body, this is the perfect tool to marry both these parts of you. more
Demonstrate how to use a 100% Free Software based toolchain to program Field-Programmable Gate Arrays(FPGA’s). We will have fun describing simple logic circuits in software and finally running them on the IceStick evaluation board - without using any proprietary software! more
Private execution is similar to the private browsing mode in web browsers. Private execution will leave no trace of the informations we used during the private execution.It enhance the privacy of user. more
The objective is to give an intro into the various components that make up a web application, on how in most applications evolve from few pieces and to more and more pieces connected together. more
I will explain Vipassana meditation in the context of hacking with analogues of LISP (Clojure, in particular) and the hacker ethos. Attendees will come away with an understanding of the systematic methodology of Vipassana meditation, possibly/hopefully with their curiosity piqued. more
Many of the attendees will be business owners or future business owners. The principles represented by worker and consumer co-operatives hold up well with the solid foundation of a truly co-operative business, much like a well-written software license. However, even if these principles are approached and applied piecemeal, they still retain much of their inherent value; and that value can ensure … more
Relationships are hard. Software is hard. FOSS communities often represent the most difficult intersection of these two axes. Attendees will come out with practical lessons and tools for working in teams, bettering themselves, and avoiding some of software’s most expensive mistakes. more
Learn about a technically stimulating open source project in the music domain that allows you to contribute to the community directly, and immediately. more
We all use keyboards. And not all of us care enough about them to ensure that, like our operating systems, they are hackable too. What could be better than to build your own keyboard using open hardware designs and components and then program it using free / open source software? more
Looking at GNUKhata from both ends Outline GNUKhata <gnukhata.in> is a free and open source accounting software with professional quality features. This presentation will look at the said software from 2 aspects. Firstly from the end-user’s point of view, we will see all the powerful and standards based feature set of the program and how organizations can gain by using it. The other half will be … more
Participants will be introduced to the basics of leveraging open source geospatial (GIS) data from the OpenStreetMap (OSM) project, design custom maps with this data, add interactivity and quickly publish it on the web with Mapbox Studio. more
To introduce Microsoft’s new web framework - ASP .NET Core 1.0 alongside their new framework - .NET core 1.0 while highlighting important parts of the ecosystem that makes it something worth trying out for your next project more
FOSSMeet is an annual event on Free and Open Source Software, conducted at National Institute of Technology, Calicut. The funnel is a space for proposals and voting on events.
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