Learning Python® with Raspberry Pi® / Alex Bradbury & Ben Everard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bradbury, Alex.

Contributor:

Everard, Ben.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Python (Computer program language).

Computer programming.

Computer science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : Wiley, 2014.

Summary:

The must-have companion guide to the Raspberry Pi User Guide! Raspberry Pi chose Python as its teaching language of choice to encourage a new generation of programmers to learn how to program. This approachable book serves as an ideal resource for anyone wanting to use Raspberry Pi to learn to program and helps you get started with the Python programming language. Aimed at first-time developers with no prior programming language assumed, this beginner book gets you up and running.Covers variables, loops, and functionsAddresses 3D graphics programmingWalks you throug

Contents:

About the Authors; Contents; Introduction; What Is Programming?; Why the Raspberry Pi?; How Does this Book Work?; Chapter 1: Getting Up and Running; Setting Up Your Raspberry Pi; Solving Problems; A Quick Tour of Raspbian; Python 3; Summary; Chapter 2: A Really Quick Introduction to Python; Drawing Picture with Turtles; A Python Game of Cat and Mouse; Summary; Chapter 3: Python Basics; Variables, Values, and Types; Keeping Text in Strings; Boolean: True or False; Converting Between Data Types; Test Your Knowledge; Storing Values in Structures; Controlling the Way the Program Flows

Making Code Reusable with FunctionsBringing Everything Together; Building Objects with Classes; Getting Extra Features from Modules; Summary; Solutions to Exercises; Chapter 4: Graphical Programming; Graphical User Interface (GUI) Programming; Adding Controls; Creating a Web Browser; Adding Window Menus; Summary; Solutions to Exercises; Chapter 5: Creating Games; Building a Game; Initialising PyGame; Creating a World; Making It Your Own; Adding Sound; Adding Scenery; Taking the Game to the Next Level; Realistic Game Physics; Summary; Chapter 6: Creating Graphics with OpenGL; Getting Modules

Creating a Spinning CubeMaking the Screen Dance; Taking Things Further; Adding Some Texture; Summary; Chapter 7: Networked Python; Understanding Hosts, Ports, and Sockets; Testing Your Knowledge; Getting On the Web; Keeping Things Secure; Summary; Solutions to Exercises; Chapter 8: Minecraft; Exploring Minecraft; Making the Game Snake; Taking Things Further; Summary; Chapter 9: Multimedia; Using PyAudio to Get Sound into Your Computer; Making Movies; Summary; Chapter 10: Scripting; Getting Started with the Linux Command Line; Testing Your Knowledge; Scripting with Networking

Bringing It All TogetherWorking with Files in Python; Summary; Chapter 11: Interfacing with Hardware; Setting Up Your Hardware Options; Getting the Best Tools; Hardware Needed for this Chapter; Expanding the GPIO Options with I2C, SPI, and Serial; Taking the Example Further; Trying Some Popular Projects; Summary; Chapter 12: Testing and Debugging; Investigating Bugs by Printing Out the Values; Finding Bugs by Testing; How Much Should You Test?; Summary; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 1, 2014).

ISBN:

1-118-71702-3

OCLC:

870950659