
The Official Raspberry Pi Beginner's Guide 2020
How to use your new computer
Gareth Halfacree(Author)
Raspberry Pi Press
4th Edition
Will be published approx. on 2. November 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
252 pages
978-1-912047-73-4 (ISBN)
Article not available at the moment
Description
We think you're going to love Raspberry Pi. Whichever model you have - a standard Raspberry Pi board, or the new Raspberry Pi 400 with integrated keyboard - this affordable computer can be used to learn coding, build robots, and create all kinds of weird and wonderful projects.
Raspberry Pi is capable of doing all the things you'd expect from a computer - everything from browsing the internet and playing games, to watching movies and listening to music. But Raspberry Pi is much more than a modern computer.
With a Raspberry Pi you can get into the heart of a computer. You get to set up your own operating system, and can connect wires and circuits directly to its GPIO pins. It was designed to teach young people how to program in languages like Scratch and Python, and all the major programming languages are included with the official operating system.
The world needs programmers more than ever, and Raspberry Pi has ignited a love of computer science and technology in a new generation.
People of all ages use Raspberry Pi to create exciting projects: everything from retro games consoles to internet-connected weather stations.
So if you want to make games, build robots, or hack a variety of amazing projects, then this book is here to help you get started.
Raspberry Pi is capable of doing all the things you'd expect from a computer - everything from browsing the internet and playing games, to watching movies and listening to music. But Raspberry Pi is much more than a modern computer.
With a Raspberry Pi you can get into the heart of a computer. You get to set up your own operating system, and can connect wires and circuits directly to its GPIO pins. It was designed to teach young people how to program in languages like Scratch and Python, and all the major programming languages are included with the official operating system.
The world needs programmers more than ever, and Raspberry Pi has ignited a love of computer science and technology in a new generation.
People of all ages use Raspberry Pi to create exciting projects: everything from retro games consoles to internet-connected weather stations.
So if you want to make games, build robots, or hack a variety of amazing projects, then this book is here to help you get started.
More details
Edition
4th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Young adult
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Edition type
Revised edition
ISBN-13
978-1-912047-73-4 (9781912047734)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions

Book
10/2023
5th Edition
Raspberry Pi Press
€24.00
Shipment within 10-20 days
Previous edition

The Official Raspberry Pi Beginner's Guide
How to use your new computer
Book
11/2019
3rd Edition
Raspberry Pi Press
€32.38
Article exhausted; check for reprint
Person
Gareth Halfacree is a freelance technology journalist, writer, and former system administrator in the education sector. With a passion for opensource software and hardware, he was an early adopter of the Raspberry Pi platform and has written several publications on its capabilities and flexibility. He can be found on Twitter as @ghalfacree or via his website at freelance.halfacree.co.uk.
Content
Chapter 1: Get to know your Raspberry Pi
Chapter 2: Getting started with your Raspberry Pi
Chapter 3: Using your Raspberry Pi
Chapter 4: Programming with Scratch 3
Chapter 5: Programming with Python
Chapter 6: Physical computing with Scratch & Python
Chapter 7: Physical computing with the Sense HAT
Chapter 8: Raspberry Pi Camera Module
Appendix A: Installing an OS to a microSD card
Appendix B: Installing and uninstalling software
Appendix C: The command-line interface
Appendix D: Further reading
Appendix E: Raspberry Pi Configuration Tool
Appendix F: High Quality Camera setup
Appendix G: Raspberry Pi specifications
Appendix H: Raspberry Pi safety & user guide
Chapter 2: Getting started with your Raspberry Pi
Chapter 3: Using your Raspberry Pi
Chapter 4: Programming with Scratch 3
Chapter 5: Programming with Python
Chapter 6: Physical computing with Scratch & Python
Chapter 7: Physical computing with the Sense HAT
Chapter 8: Raspberry Pi Camera Module
Appendix A: Installing an OS to a microSD card
Appendix B: Installing and uninstalling software
Appendix C: The command-line interface
Appendix D: Further reading
Appendix E: Raspberry Pi Configuration Tool
Appendix F: High Quality Camera setup
Appendix G: Raspberry Pi specifications
Appendix H: Raspberry Pi safety & user guide