Raspberry Pi: A Comprehensive Beginner's Guide to Setup, Programming(Concepts and techniques) and Developing Cool Raspberry Pi Projects

I read the entire book and it is useful for getting started and has come great references. It is a quick read. After going through it once though, it now just sits on the shelf. If you are comfortable with Dos/Windows but not Linux then this will help you get started, it is not for beginners really and not for those with a lot of experience. I am glad I bought it and given what I know now, still have bought it.

First off - I am an engineer and a systems programmer (retired) with 37 years of experience. So maybe a book written for novices isn't right for me, but I have some criticisms that should be relevant to all readers.I purchased this book because I am trying to decide whether to base a project on a Pi or an Arduino kit. I have been leaning towards the Pi because it appears to be more versatile and less expensive for my needs. I cannot, however, make that decision based on what I read in this book.If you have already purchased a Pi, this book will give you the basics of getting it up and running, and it might get you started on some simple projects. Much of the book's emphasis is on Python programming, something you can learn elsewhere. There is very little useful information (for me) on the Pi's hardware architecture.My main criticism of this book is the lack of photographs, diagrams, and illustrations. There are some pictures in the book, but they look like generic clip art you can download from Unsplash or some other source of stock photos. This makes the absence of more technical pictures all the more irritating, since the author obviously understands how to insert pictures into a manuscript. Why are there no pictures of the Pi board with detailed explanations of the various components? Why no pictures of some simple, completed projects? Why no wiring diagrams for those who want to build hardware projects?I mentioned that much of this book is dedicated to programming in Python, the language most commonly used with the Pi, although there are development systems for many other languages available. That's OK, but the author does not even mention the importance of indentation and the use of blank lines, things you have to know to write code in Python.All in all, the book isn't terrible. It will give you the basics of setting up and using a Pi, but if you really want to know how to do something with it, look elsewhere.

This book will get you up and running with little fuss. Then, you're going to learn the basics in clear easy to follow instructions.

Helpful description for setting up the Pi o/s. I like the double spacing.All of the printing is clear, pictures are clear. Has table of contents. Pages are numbered. There is more than one Raspberry Pi book that does not have these basic qualities.There are programming examples and projects. This is the best basic Raspberry Pi book i’ve Found

Too deep in some places for me but that is my problem. Also I wish it would have said more about Raspberry Pi networking, I can't get my wifi to attach to my Raspberry Pi, I guess that is my problem too.

This is an almost useless book for beginners or anybody for that matter.The setup procedures section isn't even as detailed as the how-to inserts that come with any Pi these days. There's no how-to recipes, step by step instructions, or diagrams -- just prose descriptions. The "electronics basics" are three paragraphs of electricity "theory" along with explaining what a soldering iron is, etc. -- no practical instructions at all. Similarly, the projects section, for example, has 'steps' such as 'connect the sensor's wire to such and such pin' and that's pretty much it before getting into the coding. It provides short lists of components with no insights as to sourcing or options. It's hardly either a step by step guide or "comprehensive".Code examples -- which are readily available in many places -- make up the bulk of the book. There's nothing wrong with that per se but as an introduction to Python, it's very basic.I have a major problem with the formatting here, too. Virtually every coding book everywhere uses conventions for formatting code to distinguish it from the text, not so here. The book doesn't even blockquote code examples, implying there's a double space (a line after each line of code) which isn't just difficult to read, it's occasionally quite misleading, for example when switching between command lines (which again, by convention in texts, usually include a prompt to distinguish them from code) and program examples.And, let's talk about illustrations. Everything here appears to be public domain photos. They're just dropped in every now and then. No diagrams to speak of. For example, there's a photo of a Pi in the set-up section, but not even arrows showing the constituent parts of the board, i/o ports and connectors, etc.Skip this one. I'd've asked for a refund if the return window was open.

Included everything needed, worked well, Worth the cost for sure. Not trivial to set up a pi - but not a huge deal either.

I should state that the composed piece of the python code for Raspberry Pi, and every single vital code for web application are something extremely unique, on the grounds that while I was perusing the book I looked into a couple of terms on Google-u, and did not see that somebody expounded on it when expounding for the most part on Raspberry Pi

Not impressed. For the money it should have been much betterLacked information.