Getting started with Raspberry Pi
by Richardson, Matt (Technologist) · first published 2014
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What can you do with the Raspberry Pi, the inexpensive credit card-sized computer? This book takes you step-by-step through the possibilities, such as writing programs in Scratch and Python; using the Raspberry Pi with Arduino; creating Internet-connected projects; playing with multimedia and more. With this guide you will get acquainted with hardware features of the Raspberry Pi; learn enough Linux to move around the operating system; draw graphics, play sounds, and handle mouse events with the Pygame framework; use the input and output pins to do some hardware hacking; discover how Arduino a
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on “Ask HN: 12 year old tech savvy girl – books, programs, events, advice?” ↗Second the suggestion of a raspberry pi. The book getting started with raspberry pi was the best introduction to computing I’ve ever seen.
on “Ask HN: How can I make a “kid's computer” today as good as an Apple II?” ↗My favorite introduction to computing is through play. I really like the raspberry pi, the scratch environment and the game programming section of the “getting started with raspberry pi” book. If it doesn’t resonate with her, keep looking around for something that does. Maybe you could build some projects together? My buddy builds robots and little kit toys with his kids. They have…
on “Ask HN: How to start teaching my 3rd grader daughter computer programming?” ↗>The book getting started with raspberry pi was the best introduction to computing I’ve ever seen. I just wanted to second this comment. I was skeptical that the book included with the Raspberry Pi 400 kit would be good or useful, but it is amazing.…
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