Raspberry Pi: The Complete User Guide for Beginners and Experts with Tips

This book introduces people who are interested in learning how to program for the Raspberry Pi and to give those who already know how to program an “accelerator” to increase the quality of their programming and enhance the performance of their code. The book focuses on Python programming language. It does not require any previous programming experience or background and the goal of the book is to introduce people to the Raspberry Pi in an easily accessible and interesting way. The book starts from the basics and ends with more complex tasks. It is used as a reference for those who want to use the Raspberry Pi as a cheap development board for their next projects.
The first two chapters introduce all the required materials, the Raspberry Pi board, and how to set it up. The next six chapters are about writing programs using the basic concepts of a programming language, such as data types, variables, loops, functions, etc. The other chapters cover more advanced topics. This guidebook is written as a tutorial where the reader starts with a simple example and gradually builds up more complex tasks. It covers many programming concepts. After studying this book, you will have a firm understanding of your Raspberry Pi. Also, you will actually want to begin your own projects in a matter of seconds.
Below, we summarize the topics covered in this book, as you will learn:

Understanding Raspberry Pi

All the Tools Required to set up Raspberry Pi

How to Install the OS of Raspberry Pi with No External Keyboard or Monitor

How to Boot your Pi Initially

Discovering the IP Address of your Raspberry Pi Using Micro SD Card to Flash Raspberry Pi OS

The Features and Specifications of Raspberry Pi

How to Set up SSH and Wi-Fi Directly on Micro SD Card

Accessing the Desktop of your Raspberry Pi Remotely by Setting Up VNC

How to Use SSH and Link to your Pi

Different Models of Raspberry Pi Models

Raspberry Pi Functionalities

Using Lists, Conditions, and Loops in Programming with Python 3

Handling Python Modules

What are Loops?

Basic Programs in Python

The Meaning and Versions of Python

How to Run Python

Using Variables and Functions to Program in Python 3

What are Variables?

What are Functions?

How to Locate the Python IDE

The Data Types of Variables

The Scope of Variables

How to Use Python in Controlling the GPIOs of Raspberry Pi

The Functions of GPIOs

How to Make a LED Blink Using Python Program

Setting the State of the LED from User’s Input

How to Add a Push Button to Your Circuit

Using Python to Discover when a Button is Pressed

Toggling On the LED after Pressing the Button in Raspberry Pi

Developing the First Circuit of your Raspberry Pi

How Handle the Board Safely

How to Install a Software

Updating a Software

Using Numbers

How to Use a PIR Sensor in Detecting Movement

Inserting the PIR Sensor into Your Circuit

Using Python in Reading the PIR Data

Developing a Surveillance and Alarm Project

Activating the Alarm System after Detecting Motion

Develop a Web Application on Your Raspberry Pi using Python and Flask

How to Write your First Web Server

And many more..