Raspberry Pi in Easy Steps

Name: Raspberry Pi in Easy Steps
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ISBN: 9781840785814

ISBN-10: 1840785810

ISBN-13: 9781840785814

Edition: 2013

Authors: Mike McGrath

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Book details

List price: $10.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: In Easy Steps Limited
Publication date: 4/25/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 7.38" wide x 8.88" long x 0.41" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English




Getting started


Introducing Raspberry Pi


Gathering the components


Setting up the SD card


Configuring the system


Logging into the console


Starting the desktop


Automating the login


Summary



Exploring the desktop


Understanding the taskbar


Choosing your preferences


Examining the filesystem


Launching a terminal


Creating a text file


Browsing the internet


Extending the system


Summary



Commanding the system


Listing contents


Getting applications


Saving web pages


Reading & writing text


Finding files


Adding users


Changing permissions


Employing the shell


Creating shell scripts


Summary



Animating with Scratch


Walking a sprite


Changing directions


Adding another sprite


Editing costumes


Turning around


Reacting to touch


Playing sounds


Summary



Programming with Python


Introducing the interpreter


Writing your first program


Writing lists


Manipulating lists


Fixing in tuples


Collecting in sets


Associating in dictionaries


Testing expressions


Looping while true


Looping over items


Looping for a number


Breaking out of loops


Defining functions


Supplying arguments


Summary



Importing modules


Storing functions


Owning function names


Formatting strings


Reading & writing files


Pickling objects


Handling exceptions


Defining classes


Inheriting features


Interrogating the system


Performing mathematics


Calculating decimals


Telling the time


Summary



Producing games


Creating a game window


Painting shapes


Blitting objects


Playing sounds


Moving images


Animating sprites


Detecting collisions


Summary



Developing windowed apps


Introducing Tkinter


Adding widgets


Responding to buttons


Producing messages


Gathering entries


Listing options


Polling radio buttons


Checking boxes


Displaying images


Adjusting attributes


Managing layouts


Summary



Driving header pins


Understanding pin numbering


Lighting a lamp


Directing output


Adding more lamps


Recognizing input


Adding more buttons


Controlling projects


Summary


Index