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title: Using Qri Call 6/17/2019

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Using Qri Call 6/17/2019
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**Attendees:**
 - Rico 
 - b5


**AGENDA**
* **News & Updates**
* **Featured Qri Projects**
* **The Upcoming**
* **Peer Corner**

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**News & Updates:**

* Patch Releases: 0.8.1, 0.8.2 and a Frontend Release: https://github.com/qri-io/qri/releases/tag/v0.8.1 (b5)
    * using qri internally as core team. will see more rapid patch releases (because we're relying on the app). 
    * fixes: clean up the experience less on shipping new features, & developing docs & tutorials

* bsoup (Kasey)
    * more 'pythonic' way to parse HTML. not complete, please let us know capabilities exist in bsoup but not compatible w/ Qri.
    * links to bsoup documentation
    * JB: Does starlark support python libraries?: Dustin: libraries must be ported to starlark b/c they're not the same. Starlark doesn't support: properties. B5: common pattern emerging - using qri to version the results of work done in external programs. Qri as a sidecar. Upside of doing it in starlark is Qri knows how to self-update. 
    * If website is pure HTML and paresable, you're good. More modern websites you'll need a webscraper (see b5) - does work outside of qri, parses, versions it using qri (not all in a transform). Alternative is puppeteer. Example project: https://gist.github.com/b5/67e4ade3b2325df9478d1dacd09fad97

**Featured Qri Projects:**

* Qri on Windows (Jonathan & Dustin)
    * https://medium.com/@jbutler18/how-to-install-qri-for-windows-83b019c79320
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* 2020 Presidential Candidates Voting Records Dataset (Astro)

**The Upcoming:**

- Data Jam! (Rico)
    - let's pick a date (late june (26,27)? early july?) and topic
    - Voting Records?
    - Stuart: progressive hacknight (https://progressivehacknight.org/) 
    - JSON feed from Amtrak train map (real time). -CW (https://chriswhong.github.io/amtrak-map/#3.43/36.49/-99.81 / https://gist.github.com/chriswhong/aa4a2911883904310b3c342e76dd6342)
    - http://nathan9.github.io/nycbusperformance/

**Peer Corner:**

Air issues, questions, ideas, bugs, etc.

* Qri Connect
* Strict: true (fix coming)
* ctrl+S saves my webpage, not my script (keyboard shortcuts)
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**Resources**