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Adventures in Raspberry Pi
Build cool Raspberry Pi projects with no experience required! Adventures in Raspberry Pi, 3rd Edition is the fun 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. Learning is exciting when you're working your way through cool projects, but the concepts you learn and the skills you master will take you further than you ever 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 hard 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 newest board, this book will teach you fundamental programming skills while having a ton of fun! 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, fun projects, and solid skills, Adventures in Raspberry Pi is the ultimate kids' programming guide!
288 pages, Paperback
First published November 15, 2013
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February 28, 2014
This is a really excellent introduction to the Pi, and programming generally. It got us through setting up the gear to performing minecraft wizardry. Everything is explained simply but clearly with enough detail to help children learn what it is they're actually doing.
July 4, 2017
This is a great book for beginners and even people with some experience using Raspberry Pi. It's well written and easy to follow with lots of code examples. Though I'm experienced with Raspberry Pi I learned new coding with this book. Great resource for anyone seeking to learn more.
March 11, 2014
Introductory book, aimed at high school pupils. Basic intro and also various projects. Includes scratch, turtle graphics, python, Minecraft Worlds, sonic pi, GPIO pins, and how to make a pi jukebox.
January 23, 2015
Totally fun stuff, useful and attractive to read. The projects actually work as written.
April 21, 2015
This is a great introduction to the Pi. Though aimed at kids, most adults who are new to programming won't feel that they're being talked down at. Clear layout, easy to follow.
January 19, 2016
Very good tutorial on operating system.
November 7, 2017
It mainly covered the programming with raspberry pie, as one would on a regular computer. So as a proof of concept that the raspberry is a computer, this is fine.
It is worthwhile investing time in learning scratch and python on their own, each with a separate source. Then you can practice what you have learned on the pie.
I was hoping that the book would cover the hardware, but it did not.
So, while this book highlights a nice scope of capabilities on the pi, it is not particularly useful in teaching what the pie can do that you cannot readily and easily do by yourself in other systems.
We are not going to use this book.
It is worthwhile investing time in learning scratch and python on their own, each with a separate source. Then you can practice what you have learned on the pie.
I was hoping that the book would cover the hardware, but it did not.
So, while this book highlights a nice scope of capabilities on the pi, it is not particularly useful in teaching what the pie can do that you cannot readily and easily do by yourself in other systems.
We are not going to use this book.
August 30, 2018
This book gives a great introduction to the Raspberry Pi for younger users, but will be challenging for people who have no experience in coding, computing or electronics.
It's very difficult to give an introduction to the major capabilities of the Raspberry Pi, but all things considered - this is an excellent effort. The difficulties are partly because there is so much one can do with a Raspberry Pi, but also partly because some knowledge is needed to use the tools available. For example, you need to know python to write normal programs. You need some basic Ruby for SonicPi. You need to feel ready to play with small electronic parts to do the electronics. You need to understand basic coding concepts like 'while', 'for' and 'if' for python programming and scratch. And so on.
I think this book does a great job in introducing all of these things, but for total beginners I would recommend obtaining literature which focuses on different parts (like the Raspberry Pi MagPi Beginners guide, or, a python for beginners or a Scratch for beginners book). I think these will go through their areas in more detail providing more explanations and potential pitfalls to support the learner.
However, if you have some basic idea about programming this could be the best book to let you know what you can do on a Raspberry Pi. It has lots of 'adventures' (objectives to achieve) which makes it fun.
I didn't do most of the adventures (unlike with Python for Beginners) because I mainly read the book to see if it would be good to advise my students to read.
Do note, if you want to do the electronics for the last few projects there is some special equipment you need to get (e.g. an Adafruit LCD display).
Someone who completes the projects in this book will learn a lot and will have a good understanding of what more could be done.
If you don't care about learning Scratch or manipulating minecraft, maybe look for something else like a book focussed not just on young people.
It's very difficult to give an introduction to the major capabilities of the Raspberry Pi, but all things considered - this is an excellent effort. The difficulties are partly because there is so much one can do with a Raspberry Pi, but also partly because some knowledge is needed to use the tools available. For example, you need to know python to write normal programs. You need some basic Ruby for SonicPi. You need to feel ready to play with small electronic parts to do the electronics. You need to understand basic coding concepts like 'while', 'for' and 'if' for python programming and scratch. And so on.
I think this book does a great job in introducing all of these things, but for total beginners I would recommend obtaining literature which focuses on different parts (like the Raspberry Pi MagPi Beginners guide, or, a python for beginners or a Scratch for beginners book). I think these will go through their areas in more detail providing more explanations and potential pitfalls to support the learner.
However, if you have some basic idea about programming this could be the best book to let you know what you can do on a Raspberry Pi. It has lots of 'adventures' (objectives to achieve) which makes it fun.
I didn't do most of the adventures (unlike with Python for Beginners) because I mainly read the book to see if it would be good to advise my students to read.
Do note, if you want to do the electronics for the last few projects there is some special equipment you need to get (e.g. an Adafruit LCD display).
Someone who completes the projects in this book will learn a lot and will have a good understanding of what more could be done.
If you don't care about learning Scratch or manipulating minecraft, maybe look for something else like a book focussed not just on young people.
November 19, 2015
Great for kids of all ages.
I really enjoyed the ease of reading this book. This book I'd very informative and clearly written from a teacher's perspective. While it is written for the young, I in my old age enjoyed it and learned as well.
I really enjoyed the ease of reading this book. This book I'd very informative and clearly written from a teacher's perspective. While it is written for the young, I in my old age enjoyed it and learned as well.
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