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-date: "2024-11-02"
+date: "2024-11-03"
 title: "vvvvhat happened in October 2024"
 description: "Last month in review"
 categories: Monthly Reviews
 author: joreg
 ---
 
-Meetup
-We had another meetup and if you have miised the love stream you can rewatch it here: 
-{{< youtube MdvTa58uxB0 >}}
+Ohwheee,
 
-- [Support for RPLidar devices by Slamtec](https://visualprogramming.net/blog/2024/introducing-support-for-rplidar-devices-by-slamtec/) was kicked off through a priority support inquiry by Emanuele Foti.
+were to start.. So we had another meetup this month and if you haven't already, you may want to [rewatch it here](https://www.youtube.com/live/MdvTa58uxB0). 
 
-- [RenderDoc GPU debugging](https://visualprogramming.net/blog/2024/introducing-renderdoc-gpu-debugging/), by [Tebjan](https://github.com/tebjan) sponsord by [Studio Brüll](https://studiobruell.de/) and [Refik Anadol](https://refikanadolstudio.com/)
+![](2024-11-03-23-50-01.png)
 
- 
+The VST3 support as [briefly demoed at the meetup](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdvTa58uxB0&t=3600s) has already made huge progress. Hoping we'll be able to show something by the end of this month...
 
-## Learning vvvv
+Kicked off through a priority support inquiry by Emanuele Foti, we added [support for RPLidar devices by Slamtec](https://visualprogramming.net/blog/2024/introducing-support-for-rplidar-devices-by-slamtec/).
+
+Some more things are hopefully finally seeing the light of the day within November. Stay tuned...
 
-Here is your current best opportunity for getting started with vvvv: 
+## Learning vvvv
 
-The vvvv beginners class has a  new structure. For more details see teh explanation from [chk](https://3e8.studio/) during the last month's meetup here [vvvv beginner class winter 24/25 announcment](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdvTa58uxB0&t=3173s), run by [The NODE Institute](https://thenodeinstitute.org/)
+Here is your current best opportunity for getting started with vvvv via courses run by [The NODE Institute](https://thenodeinstitute.org/): 
 
+- 6 session [beginner course part 1 "Playground"](https://thenodeinstitute.org/courses/ws24-5-vvvv-beginners-part-i/) starts November 4th 
+- 6 session [beginner course part 2 "Deep Dive"](https://thenodeinstitute.org/courses/ws24-5-vvvv-beginners-part-ii/) starts January 13th 
 
 ## Contributions
-Many thanks to those of you who help complete vvvv with countless additions! For an overview of libraries available for vvvv [start here](https://thegraybook.vvvv.org/reference/libraries/overview.html).
 
+Coincidentally this last few weeks we got to merge an unprecedented number of 6 pull-requests to our [VL.StandardLibs](https://github.com/vvvv/VL.StandardLibs). In case you're not familiar with what this means: These are community contributions to vvvv's core library that will benefit all of us. Here is what we got:
+
+- [Title input for the Skia Renderer](https://github.com/vvvv/VL.StandardLibs/pull/677) by [woeishi](https://github.com/woeishi)
+- [TextureSliceView node and improved texture tooltips](https://github.com/vvvv/VL.StandardLibs/pull/678) by [tebjan](https://github.com/tebjan)
+- [MeshOutline and Wireframe as Components for Entities](https://github.com/vvvv/VL.StandardLibs/pull/684) by [kopffarben](https://github.com/kopffarben) ➡️ [Demo at meetup](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdvTa58uxB0&t=930s)
+- [TextureFX deal with block compressed dds textures](https://github.com/vvvv/VL.StandardLibs/pull/681) by [bj-rn](https://github.com/bj-rn)
+- [DynamicBufferMesh with DrawArgsOption (Indirect Drawing)](https://github.com/vvvv/VL.StandardLibs/pull/682) by [kopffarben](https://github.com/kopffarben) ➡️ [Demo at meetup](https://youtu.be/MdvTa58uxB0?t=1047)
+- [Support for RenderDocManager](https://github.com/vvvv/VL.StandardLibs/pull/685) by [tebjan](https://github.com/tebjan) ➡️[Blog post](https://visualprogramming.net/blog/2024/introducing-renderdoc-gpu-debugging/)
 
+🙏☝️
+
+Then: Many thanks to those of you who help complete vvvv with countless additions! For an overview of libraries available for vvvv [start here](https://thegraybook.vvvv.org/reference/libraries/overview.html).
 
 We got several new ones:
 - [VL.RichTextKit](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.RichTextKit)
+- [VL.Devices.RPLidar](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.Devices.RPLidar)
 - [VL.Yoga](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.Yoga)
-- [VL.Interpolator.Addons](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.Interpolator.Addons)
+- [VL.Interpolator.Addons](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.Interpolator.Addons) ➡️ [Demo at meetup](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdvTa58uxB0&t=1610s)
 - [VL.IO.mDNS](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.IO.mDNS)
 - [VL.Here](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.Here)
 - [VL.YoloDotNet](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.YoloDotNet)
@@ -43,7 +56,6 @@ And updates to the following:
 - [VL.Addons](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.Addons)
 - [VL.PDFReader](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.PDFReader)
 - [VL.OpenCV](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.OpenCV)
-- [VL.Devices.RPLidar](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.Devices.RPLidar)
 - [VL.TheBigBang](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.TheBigBang)
 - [VL.IO.MQTTnet](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.IO.MQTTnet)
 - [VL.MiDi.Music.Utils](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.MiDi.Music.Utils)
@@ -52,6 +64,9 @@ Plus an update in the forum’s work-in-progress section:
 
 [VL.Deepface](https://discourse.vvvv.org/t/vl-deepface/23656)
 
+Plus two more things you shouldn't have missed:
+- wmc gave a rhino user webinar over at McNeel's, titled [Rhino meets Realtime with VVVV](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdvTa58uxB0&t=4410s)
+- Tebjan gave an [update to his VL.PythonNET](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdvTa58uxB0&t=4410s) at the last meetup
 ## Gallery
 
 {{< mastodon "vis.social/@baxtan/113414365518399616" 1000 >}}
@@ -63,4 +78,4 @@ Plus an update in the forum’s work-in-progress section:
 - There maybe some more on [The Interactive & Immersive Job Board](https://jobs.interactiveimmersive.io/?s=vvvv&post_type=job_listing&orderby=date) and [dasauge.de](https://dasauge.de/sta/Vvvv/)
 - If you need a vvvv specialist or are one yourself, check out this listing of [vvvv specialists available for hire](https://vvvv.org/documentation/vvvv-specialists-available-for-hire)
 
-That was it for September. Anything to add? Please do so in the comments!
+That was it for Oktober. Anything to add? Please do so in the comments!