Learning Python with Raspberry Pi

About the Authors......Page 10
Contents......Page 13
 What Is Programming?......Page 19
 How Does this Book Work?......Page 20
 Setting Up Your Raspberry Pi......Page 23
 Solving Problems......Page 24
 A Quick Tour of Raspbian......Page 25
 Python 3......Page 29
 Summary......Page 30
 Drawing Picture with Turtles......Page 31
 A Python Game of Cat and Mouse......Page 39
 Summary......Page 44
 Variables, Values, and Types......Page 45
 Keeping Text in Strings......Page 48
 Boolean: True or False......Page 49
 Test Your Knowledge......Page 50
 Storing Values in Structures......Page 51
 Controlling the Way the Program Flows......Page 56
 Making Code Reusable with Functions......Page 61
 Bringing Everything Together......Page 64
 Building Objects with Classes......Page 67
 Getting Extra Features from Modules......Page 72
 Summary......Page 73
 Solutions to Exercises......Page 74
Chapter 4: Graphical Programming......Page 75
 Graphical User Interface (GUI) Programming......Page 76
 Adding Controls......Page 78
 Creating a Web Browser......Page 80
 Adding Window Menus......Page 89
 Solutions to Exercises......Page 92
Chapter 5: Creating Games......Page 95
 Building a Game......Page 97
 Initialising PyGame......Page 100
 Creating a World......Page 104
 Making It Your Own......Page 115
 Adding Sound......Page 116
 Adding Scenery......Page 117
 Taking the Game to the Next Level......Page 120
 Realistic Game Physics......Page 121
 Summary......Page 126
Chapter 6: Creating Graphics with OpenGL......Page 127
 Creating a Spinning Cube......Page 128
 Making the Screen Dance......Page 144
 Taking Things Further......Page 153
 Summary......Page 154
 Understanding Hosts, Ports, and Sockets......Page 157
 Getting On the Web......Page 167
 Keeping Things Secure......Page 173
 Summary......Page 177
 Solutions to Exercises......Page 178
Chapter 8: Minecraft......Page 181
 Exploring Minecraft......Page 182
 Making the Game Snake......Page 187
 Summary......Page 193
 Using PyAudio to Get Sound into Your Computer......Page 195
 Making Movies......Page 202
 Summary......Page 214
 Getting Started with the Linux Command Line......Page 215
 Testing Your Knowledge......Page 224
 Scripting with Networking......Page 225
 Bringing It All Together......Page 227
 Working with Files in Python......Page 234
 Summary......Page 235
 Setting Up Your Hardware Options......Page 237
 Getting the Best Tools......Page 240
 Hardware Needed for this Chapter......Page 241
 Expanding the GPIO Options with I2C, SPI, and Serial......Page 249
 Taking the Example Further......Page 254
 Trying Some Popular Projects......Page 256
 Summary......Page 257
 Investigating Bugs by Printing Out the Values......Page 259
 Finding Bugs by Testing......Page 263
 How Much Should You Test?......Page 272
 Summary......Page 273
Index......Page 275