Project: Electronics Bash - #28 - 'Saving' the Day

Doncha hate it when you do a bunch of calculations, download a bunch of data, or generate a ton of useful python objects, only for them to vanish when your program ends? Wouldn't it be nice if there was a way to preserve data on some kind of physical media in-between program runs, so you could save and reuse data? Or even make use of data that other people had created before? If only...

Is reading and writing data from files the sexiest thing you can do with code? No. Is it one of the most useful? Oh yeah. We'll look at:

• Reading and writing plain text in files
• Reading and writing structured data using JSON
• Reading and writing raw python objects using Pickle
• Strategies to avoid re-generating data when not necessary
• How to avoid using too much web data my caching locally

This week's class had no slides.

Code

File-Helloworld

With.py

Scrambled Read

Scrambled Tuples

Pickle Save

Pickle Load

JSON Save

JSON Load

Henry V

File Existence Test

Resources and Links

Links and Resources:
Raspberry Pi Homepage: https://www.raspberrypi.org/
Raspberry Pi OS: https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/
MagPi Magazine: https://magpi.raspberrypi.org/
Python Reference: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/index.html

Getting Started:
Raspberry Pi Imager: https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/
Troubleshooting Guide: https://www.raspberrypi.org/learning/troubleshooting-guide/
Display Troubleshooting: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/hardware/display/troubleshooting.md
Starting w/o a Monitor: https://bit.ly/33IvKCc

Materials:
Video on Raspberry Pi Supplies: https://youtu.be/zeHvQZzkxbk
Raspberry Pi 4: https://www.adafruit.com/product/4292
Power Supp;y: https://amzn.to/2PiU6u6
MicroSD Card: https://amzn.to/2EHfHdA
MicroSD Card Reader: https://amzn.to/2EEmNiR
Micro HDMI to HDMI Cable: https://amzn.to/3jWffYW
Keyboard and Mouse: https://amzn.to/39LRX3v
Cat5 Cable: https://amzn.to/2EzoJcm

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