Adventures in Raspberry Pi: 10 Awesome Projects (3 ed) PDF
Build cool Raspberry Pi projects with no experience required!
Adventures in Raspberry Pi, 3rd Edition is an enjoyable guide to learning programming. Starting from the very basics and building skill upon skill, you'll learn developing fundamentals―even if you've never programmed before. Using cool projects to learn is exciting, but the concepts and skills you master will take you further than you thought possible. You'll learn how your Raspberry Pi 3 works and what it can do as you create stories and games, program shapes, code music, and even build Minecraft worlds with projects designed specifically for kids 11 to 15. Author Carrie Anne Philbin is a former high school teacher, and she showcases her skills with clear, easy-to-follow instructions and explanations every step of the way. If you're interested in programming but find other books challenging to understand, this book is your ideal starting point for mastering the Raspberry Pi.
Inexpensive, non-intimidating, yet surprisingly versatile, the Raspberry Pi 3 is an ideal way to learn programming. Updated to align with the latest board, this book will teach you fundamental programming skills while having a ton of fun!
- Get acquainted with your Raspberry Pi's bits and pieces.
- Take control of your Pi's “insides” with simple commands.
- Program games, code music, and build a jukebox.
- Discover where your new skills can take you next.
The tiny, credit-card-sized Raspberry Pi has become a huge hit among kids and adults interested in programming. It does everything your desktop can do, but with a few basic programming skills, you can make it do so much more. With simple instructions, engaging projects, and solid skills, Adventures in Raspberry Pi is the ultimate kids' programming guide!
Table of Contents
- Introduction 1
- Adventure 1 You have a Raspberry Pi. Now What? 7
- Adventure 2 Taking Command of Your Raspberry Pi 25
- Adventure 3 Creating Stories and Games with Scratch 41
- Adventure 4 Programming Shapes with Turtle Graphics 75
- Adventure 5 Programming with Python 99
- Adventure 6 Programming Minecraft Worlds on the Raspberry Pi 127
- Adventure 7 Coding Music with Sonic Pi 147
- Adventure 8 Using the GPIO Pins on the Raspberry Pi 169
- Adventure 9 Experimenting with Cameras and HATs 197
- Adventure 10 The Big Adventure: Building a Raspberry Pi Jukebox 225
- Appendix Where to Go from Here 251
- Glossary 257
- Index 263
About the Author
Carrie Anne Philbin is an award-winning computing and Raspberry Pi educator. Currently working as Director of Education at the Raspberry Pi Foundation. Carrie Anne also hosts a Computer Science series on the popular YouTube channel Crash Course (http://www.youtube.com/crashcourse) and creates technology tutorials on her own channel, the Geek Gurl Diaries (www.geekgurldiaries.co.uk).
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