There will be an out of schedule meeting held by the Midlands User Group (MUG), at which the group’s own John Rickman will discuss the use of StrongED as a scripting tool when programming in Python.
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WimpInfo 1.24 released
WimpInfo is a small application that was previously supplied by Quantum Software, and is now hosted here on RISCOSitory after Stuart Halliday announced he was shutting down the software house.
Read MoreTwo meetings coming up – WROCC on Wednesday, developers on Saturday
The Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) will be holding their next meeting on Wednesday, 3rd July, at 7:45pm, with a ‘Potpourri’ topic – i.e. a mix of various short talks, rather than one to cover the whole meeting.
Read MoreDevelopers’ fireside chat – 8th June
If you have any interest in software development on RISC OS, then you’ll be pleased to read that the next occasional ‘friendly fireside chat’ for programmers, and anyone with a related interest or who is thinking about trying their hand at coding, is set to take place on Saturday, 8th June.
Read MoreDevelopers’ fireside chat – 6th April
This coming Saturday (6th April) is the next opportunity for anyone who is either developing on or for RISC OS, or interested in doing so, to meet up with like-minded folk and discuss that very subject.
Read MoreDevelopers’ fireside chat – 2nd March
While the number of people using RISC OS is very small by the standards of other other operating systems, and by extension the number of programmers comparatively minuscule, within the community the number of people programming is – probably, at least – quite high as a proportion of users. One of the reasons for this is almost certainly the ease with which it is possible to start programming a RISC OS computer, with one very popular language supplied out of the box – BBC BASIC is included as part of…
Read MoreDevelopers’ fireside gathering – 20th January
It’s time to for anyone interested in RISC OS programming to get the fire (or other heat source) going again, and gather around the computer for another friendly fireside chat. The next one takes place on 20th January, 2024 – next Saturday.
Read MoreDiscover advanced RiscOSM techniques with WROCC – 10th January
The first Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) meeting of 2024 will take place on Wednesday, 10th January – a week later than the regular date, which would have been the 3rd – and the guest speakers will be Matthew and Hilary Philips from Sine Nomine.
Read MoreRISCOSbits welcomes developers to ROADS
We’re on a ROAD to software, come on and code… In a move designed to hopefully encourage more people to develop software for RISC OS, and at the same time help existing developers with kit to test software on, and hopefully encourage those who are thinking about dipping a toe in the world of programming or people who are already capable but who have left the platform, the RISC OS Active Developer Scheme – or ROADS for short is a new initiative from RISCOSbits.
Read MoreMeeting for developers – 25th November
This Saturday (25th November) will see the next developers’ ‘fireside chat’ take place – an online meeting for people interested in software development on or for the RISC OS platform that will take place via the Zoom video conferencing system. The meeting will begin at 7:30pm.
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