GEEKSHACKING-BOTWORKSHOP2018

a workshop by jiachen & julain

Objectives

1. To educate on the world of bots
2. Everyone to walk away with a functioning bot
3. To inspire everyone to go on and create bots to solve real world problems

Specs

Time: 50 minutes Audience: poly/uni students (majority) Programming proficiency: low to mid Size: ?

need to firm this up

Tech Specs

Language: Python Deployment: Heroku over git

Requirements

1. Laptop
2. Internet Access
3. Git*
4. Heroku account*
5. Telegram App & acct

if not present can be installed during workshop

Flow

1. Introduction (5 minutes) introduce ourselves / background / who we are

2. Introduction to bots (15 minutes)

• what are bots (5 mins)
• intro to telegram bots (5 minutes)
• how telegram bot works (behind the scenes/technical) (5 minutes)

3. Installing requirements (10 mins)

• git
• heroku

need to time this

4. Create Bot Part 1(10 mins)

• talk to bot father
• git clone repo
• add token
• git push heroku master

5. Create Bot Part 2 (5 mins)

• overwrite handle message method (gives functionality to the bot)

give small prize for most creative implmented bot? haha

6. Q&A (10 minutes)

ask anything. Q&A will be impt

Total: 55 mins

Deliverable

• github repo
• src code
• program flow
• ppt