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Using RaspberryPI's for Creating an Interesting Slackbot

Install Node.js and NPM

It is always a good idea to the upgrade and update before adding packages after the initial installation of the OS on the PI.

sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get update

You might need to removed the old nodered, which might not be the package we want

sudo apt-get remove nodered
sudo apt-get remove nodejs nodejs-legacy
sudo apt-get remove npm 

And then get the latest node source and install

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_4.x | sudo bash -
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential python-dev nodejs 

npm seems to come with nodejs. When trying to do an apt-get install npm, I get an error. Running with

node --version
v4.4.5

npm --version
2.15.5

Here is an alternate way to install, but the above method seemed to work.

wget http://node-arm.herokuapp.com/node_latest_armhf.deb
sudo dpkg -i node_latest_armhf.deb

Useful Pages to Read

Node.js

https://nodejs.org/api
http://nodeschool.io/#workshopper-list

NPM

https://www.sitepoint.com/beginners-guide-node-package-manager/

Coffee - the little language that compiles into Javascript

http://coffeescript.org/

Slack Pages

https://get.slack.help/hc/en-us/categories/202622877-Slack-Guides

BUA Diversity Slack Home Page

https://buadiversity.slack.com/messages/general/details/

HUBOT Tutorial

Need to set up a bot in a slack page - So, you still need to set up a slack url and a new bot. Follow the instructions in https://scotch.io/tutorials/building-a-slack-bot-with-node-js-and-chuck-norris-super-powers and do the section on Create a new Bot in your slack organization. And then follow the tutorial in spice-up-your-slack-channel-with-hubot.

https://www.sitepoint.com/spice-up-your-slack-channel-with-hubot/

It gives the most basic commands - none of the addons. The section after integrating with slack works except for the pug me section. I found that the hubot-catme section does work. And I didn't bother to understand the Jarvis part of the tutorial that talked about checking when a user was active last. I went on with the example coffee script from the norrisbot git repository.

This is the general hubot repository. It is worth looking at and following the scripting.md using the scripts/slackbot-examples.coffee file from Michikino Slackbot Tutorial
https://github.com/github/hubot.git
https://github.com/github/hubot/blob/master/docs/scripting.md

CatMe Pages

https://github.com/Emile-Filteau/hubot-catme/blob/master/src/catme.coffee [[BR]

Chuck Norris

Useful to do this tutorial also Chuck Norris - uses javascript instead of coffee.

Ship It Squirrels

http://theprogrammingbutler.com/blog/archives/2011/10/28/hubot-scripts-explained/

Maybe Useful to Read

http://www.michikono.com/2015/07/10/in-depth-tutorial-on-writing-a-slackbot/

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