Preface
It’s easy to understand why people were skeptical of the Raspberry Pi when it was first announced in 2011. A credit-card–sized computer for $35 seemed like a pipe dream. Which is why, when it started shipping, the Raspberry Pi created a frenzy of excitement.
Demand outstripped supply for months, and the waitlists for these minicomputers were very long. Besides the price, what is it about the Raspberry Pi that tests the patience of this hardware-hungry mass of people? Before we get into everything that makes the Raspberry Pi so great, let’s talk about its intended audience.
Eben Upton and his colleagues at the University of Cambridge noticed that students applying to study computer science didn’t have the skills that they did in the 1990s. ...
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