Introduction: About raspberry pi 1
About This Book 1
About You 2
Icons Used in This Book 3
Where to Go from Here 3
Project 1: Pick Up Pi Parts 4
Understanding the Pi System 4
Picking a Pi Model 5
Understanding Must-Have Extras 6
Picking Nice-to-Have Extras 14
Collecting Parts the Lazy Way: Starter Kits 19
Project 2: Power on Your @Pi 21
Finding and Recognizing Parts 21
Setting Up Your Pi System 22
Setting up Desks and Chairs 22
Making the Connections 23
Getting Ready to Turn on the Pi 26
Lights! Camera! Action! 27
Setting Up the Pi 27
Booting into Raspbian 31
Looking at the Desktop 32
Project 3: Start Scratch from Scratch 37
Understanding Scratch 37
Connecting Blocks and Making Scripts 39
Finding and Starting Scratch 39
Looking Around Scratch 40
Understanding the Stage 42
Moving a Sprite with Go To 43
Making a Simple Script 46
Controlling a Script 49
Making a Simple Bounce Script 53
Introducing Variables 54
Project 4: Meet Sonic Pi 62
Getting Started with Sonic Pi 63
Setting Up Sound on the Pi 64
Playing Tunes with Sonic Pi 66
Taking a Guided Tour 69
Understanding Notes 74
Making Different Sounds 76
Making More Complicated Music 79
Project 5: Pick Up Python 83
Meet Python 84
Remember Information 90
Use the Shell and the Editor 95
Learning More Python 101
Project 6: Master Minecraft with Python 106
Getting Started with Minecraft 106
Exploring the World 107
Understanding APIS 110
Using the Minecraft API 113
Project 7: More Things to See and Do 119
Scratch 119
Sonic Pi 120
Python Projects 121
Minecraft and Python 122
