Intro to Home Assistant¶

Smart Homes Done the Right Way

A class by Brandon Harvey (aka SmartHomeSellout) · smarthomesellout.com

A beginner-friendly class first taught at the Dallas Makerspace. Read it online here, or download the printable versions. Want to teach your own? It's built to be forked.

Read the class online¶

Class Outline: the full speaker outline, every block, timing, and talking point.
Attendee Handout: the take-home guide with gear picks, a protocol cheat-sheet, and links.

Download printable versions¶

Grab the Word and PDF builds from the latest release:

Speaker-Cue-Outline.docx / .pdf
HA-Attendee-Handout.docx / .pdf

What the class covers¶

Home Assistant is the middleman that connects all your smart devices and protocols (Zigbee, Z-Wave, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth) into one local app. No ten vendor apps, no cloud lock-in, your data stays yours. Over ~2.5 hours the class goes from "what is this?" to running automations, choosing protocols and gear, and even letting an AI agent build your dashboards.

Make it your own¶

Fork the repo.
Edit the Markdown in docs/ to swap in your own gear, stories, and demos.
Push (or tag a release) and the site, docx, and PDF rebuild automatically.

Content is licensed CC BY 4.0, so use it, remix it, teach with it.