Raspberry Pi in easy steps

Raspberry Pi in easy steps

<div>The <I>Raspberry Pi</I> is a cheap, basic, programmable credit-card sized computer that plugs into your TV and a keyboard. Over five million <I>Raspberry Pi</I>'s have been sold worldwide, so far!<br><br><B>Raspberry Pi in easy steps</B> starts with the basic components you'll need, setting up the system and logging into the console. Then step-by-step it covers; exploring the desktop, the Taskbar, customization, the filesystem and browsing the internet; commanding the system, applications, web pages, reading and writing text, finding files, adding users, changing permissions, and employing the shell; animating with Scratch, enabling complete beginners to create computer programs visually without writing any code; programming with Python a high-level (human-readable) programming language; producing games <I>Raspberry Pi</I> ships with a selection of Python games for you to try; developing windowed apps with Tkinter; driving header pins how to control electrical input and output on the <I>Raspberry Pi</I> header from Python scripts, including lighting a lamp, adding more buttons and controlling projects.<br><br>Use <B>Raspberry Pi in easy steps</B> to have fun going back to basics and creating your own applications.<br><br>Source code files from the examples featured in this book are available to download free from the <B>In Easy Steps</B> website.</div>