Preface

In 2013, a parent and friend of mine asked if I would teach a Python course to middle school students at a local school. My friend gently asked if I could somehow use the Raspberry Pi computer in the course. I love learning new things and I had been reading a lot about the Raspberry Pi. So as you can imagine, I was tremendously excited at the opportunity of using it and emphatically said “Yes!” That event began my journey of developing a course for kids on programming in Python and using the Raspberry Pi and later, this book.

Quickly, as I worked with the Raspberry Pi, I became a disciple of the Raspberry Pi inventors: the best way for kids to learn programming is by giving them an affordable, ready-to-program computer. It was the perfect ...

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