raspi_garage_alert VS ELDonationTracker

https://github.com/djotaku/raspi_garage_alert - to tell me if the garage door is open or closed

I wanted to know if I left my garage door open, so I made: https://github.com/djotaku/raspi_garage_alert

https://github.com/djotaku/ELDonationTracker depends on

http://djotaku.github.io/ELDonationTracker/ - for tracking donations to Extra Life and displaying when Live Streaming

Python - it’s my main language and the one in which I’m most proficient. I have written some programs used by many others (like my Extra Life Donation Tracker) and utilities that solve some problem I have (like my btrfs snapshot and backup program). By solving each problem in Python first, I allow myself to focus on the problem first instead of a syntax I’m unfamiliar with.

If you want to move to GUI programs, I recommend : Qt5 Python GUI Programming Cookbook. Using QT Designer you can GUI programs pretty quickly. I used this book to create the GUI for my Extra Life project: http://djotaku.github.io/ELDonationTracker/

not sure if this is going beyond automation, but my most complex Python program which is actually used by other folks is for generating Donation Alerts while Live-Streaming to Twitch (or wherever) - http://djotaku.github.io/ELDonationTracker/

I use JSON and a dataclass (not a literal dataclass w/ the decorator and all). See ParticipantConf class starting line 103 https://github.com/djotaku/ELDonationTracker/blob/master/eldonationtracker/utils/extralife_io.py

In my project, here are the files that QT Designer saves: https://github.com/djotaku/ELDonationTracker/tree/master/QTdesignerfiles

I wanted to be able to use the Donation API when doing the Extra Life fundraiser, so I made: https://github.com/djotaku/ELDonationTracker

I'm using it for my program as well. It's really awesome, especially if you use qt designer. https://github.com/djotaku/ELDonationTracker