Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
A. About the Author -- B. Dedication -- C. PREFACE -- D. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- E. INTRODUCTION -- 1. Introduction -- What Is the Raspberry Pi? -- What Can You Do with a Raspberry Pi? -- A Tour of the Raspberry Pi -- Setting Up Your Raspberry Pi -- Booting Up -- Summary -- 2. Getting Started -- Linux -- The Desktop -- The Internet -- The Command Line -- Applications -- Internet Resources -- Summary -- 3. Python Basics -- IDLE -- Numbers -- Variables -- For Loops -- Simulating Dice -- If -- While -- Summary -- 4. Strings, Lists, and Dictionaries -- String Theory -- Lists -- Functions -- Hangman -- Dictionaries -- Tuples -- Exceptions -- Summary of Functions -- Summary -- 5. Modules, Classes, and Methods -- Modules -- Object Orientation -- Defining Classes -- Inheritance -- Summary -- 6. Files and the Internet -- Files -- Pickling -- Internet -- Summary -- 7. Graphical User Interfaces -- Tkinter -- Hello World -- Temperature Converter -- Other GUI Widgets -- Dialogs -- Menus -- The Canvas -- Summary -- 8. Games Programming -- What Is Pygame? -- Coordinates -- Hello Pygame -- A Raspberry Game -- Summary -- 9. Interfacing Hardware -- GPIO Pin Connections -- Breadboarding with Jumper Wires -- Digital Outputs -- Analog Outputs -- Digital Inputs -- Analog Inputs -- Breadboarding with the Pi Cobbler -- Prototyping Boards -- Other Boards and HATs -- Arduino and the Pi -- Summary -- 10. LED Fader Project -- What You Need -- Hardware Assembly -- Software -- Summary -- 11. Prototyping Project (Clock) -- What You Need -- Hardware Assembly -- Software -- Phase Two -- Summary -- 12. Raspberry Pi Robot -- What You Need -- Project 1. Autonomous Rover -- Project 2. Web-Controlled Rover -- Summary -- 13. What Next -- Linux Resources -- Python Resources -- Raspberry Pi Resources -- Other Programming Languages -- Applications and Projects -- Summary.
Learn to create inventive programs and fun games on your powerful Raspberry Pi--with no programming experience required.
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