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Getting Started with Python for the Internet of Things
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Getting Started with Python for the Internet of Things

by Tim Cox, Dr. Steven Lawrence Fernandes, Sai Yamanoor, Srihari Yamanoor, Prof. Diwakar Vaish
February 2019
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
732 pages
17h 10m
English
Packt Publishing
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configparser

Let's discuss some aspects of Python programming that is especially helpful while developing applications using the Raspberry Pi. One such tool is the configparser available in Python. The configparser module (https://docs.python.org/3.4/library/configparser.html) is used to read/write config files for applications.

In software development, config files are generally used to store constants such as access credentials, device ID, and so on In the context of a Raspberry Pi, configparser could be used to store the list of all GPIO pins in use, addresses of sensors interfaced via the I2C interface, and so on. Let's discuss three examples where we learn making use of the configparser module. In the first example we will create a ...

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