python - Grant Winney

After seeing Scott Fradkin live-code Sonic Pi for nearly an hour at Stir Trek - not only explaining what it was capable of but showing us too - it inspired me to do a little experimenting of my own once I got back home....

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Mar 06, 2016

Learning Python for the Raspberry Pi

Once you’ve connected the peripherals, installed NOOBS, and gotten your Raspberry Pi up and running, pat yourself on the back and take a moment to bask in the glow of the large raspberry on your Raspbian desktop. Alright, that's enough! So now what?...

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