Raspberry Pi for Developers
by Jon Flanders
Are you a developer who would like to be able to control things in the real world? This course will show you how easy it is to get started using the Raspberry Pi platform and ecosystem to build fun and useful projects.
What you'll learn
This course helps to solve the problem that many developers have, they want to be able to control things in the physical world.
In this course, Raspberry Pi for Developers, you will learn how to work with a Raspberry Pi. First, you will learn how to setup a Raspberry Pi. Next, you will discover how you can write code that runs on the Raspberry Pi. Finally, you will explore how to connect your Raspberry Pi to hardware like LEDs, servos, motors, and cameras. When you are finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge of Raspberry Pi that is needed to be able to design and create your own Raspberry Pi solutions.
About the author
Although Jon spent the first few years of his professional life as an attorney, he quickly
found chasing bits more interesting than chasing ambulances. He first worked at the
University of Minnesota, building a financial reporting Web site using ASP and SQL Server,
specializing in automatic integration between multiple data stores. Since joining the training
industry in 1999, Jon has devoted his time to working on various projects while migrating
from the world of ASP and COM to the world of .NE... moreT, ASP.NET, and Web Services, and
now into the world of mobile devices. During this part of Jon’s career he wrote
RESTFul.NET for O’Reilly, Essential ASPfor Addison-Wesley, and co-authored Mastering
Visual Studio.NETfor O’Reilly.
Since 2011, Jon has been concentrating on the mobile world. Working mainly in iOS, Jon
has helped numerous companies create and transform mobile teams into teams that can
create, build, test, and deploy mobile applications with ease.
Augmented Reality is another one of Jon’s current passions, along with Beacons and IoT.
Jon is excited for the next phase of mobile development and exploring how technology can
not only entertain us, but help create a connected world where smart devices start to
perform tasks that are difficult and time-consuming.