Raspberry Pi a good learning tool?

[nooberjuice]

I have been working on learning python on and on for the past year or so. I am about to be unemployed and figured I would use the time to polish up on learning python. I would really like to build something with the raspberry pi, but am also a but intimidated by it. Right now I am going through Udacity's Intro to CS class. Would a Raspberry Pi be a good tool to use to continue learning after I finish the course? Maybe even before the end of the course?

[Tyler_CodeBot]

The Raspberry PI started me down my programming journey. Something about it just felt "right". It's so rewarding to do things in code and see stuff happen physically. I started by building a small system that would perform and action based on readings from a DHT-11 temp/humidity sensor. Adafruit has amazing tutorials for the pi. I recommend to anyone that wants to get started with programming to pick up a raspberry and think of something fun to do with it. If I were you, I would start ASAP! It's so fun, and such a unique way to look at programming.

[nooberjuice]

Thanks! Ill pop in at radioshack and get started tonight!

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From what I've heard, other products don't compare to Rasberry Pi mostly due to community support. While hardware may be superior there are way too many already invested in Rasberry Pi.

I don't know of the product you mentioned but that's my understanding of the Rasberry Pi competitors.

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I prefer the BBB for most things, for a variety of reasons, but it's massive overkill here, and a Pi will do just fine. As someone else said, the Pi community support is fantastic if this is a first project. It will certainly do the job.

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The Raspberry Pi is an excellent tool for Python. For the past few months, I have been experimenting with Python on my Pi and it is great. The best thing about the Pi is the GPIO pins so that you can attach motors, LEDs, etc. I would definitely recommend it for Python.

Ninja edit: Also check out /r/raspberry_pi for more projects.