RASPBERRY PI
the computer that was made for kids
Scratch
Scratch is a kid friendly coding system. It uses a drag and drop interface, which means you drag blocks and put them where you want to in the code. Under the block is the code. On Scratch, you can make your own code and see other coders' work as well.
On the Raspberry Pi, it looks different because it is on an app. If you have used Scratch before, it was probably on a website. The app is pretty much the same, but the workspace is on the opposite side, and you don't have to log in.
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Python
Hissssssss. Hisssssssssss. No, not that kind of Python. Python is a coding language. If you get one thing wrong on Python, the code will crash. So be very careful. But you can prevent having to write the whole code again.
TIP: If you open a file, you can write the code, save it, and run it. If it is incorrect, take the same file, edit the mistake, save the file, and run it.
Python is unlike Scratch because you may remember that Scratch has a drag and drop interface. In Python, everything is typing. It can be hard to code on Python because it doesn't fully explain what that command will do. For example, can you guess what <<<print(100*hello) will do? Scroll down to figure out!
<<<print(100*'hello')
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Python: Continued
So in Python, it is all typing. I think we covered that already. One more thing about Python before this website becomes all about Python. In Python, there are variables, strings, lists, functions, turtle for drawing, and a lot more tools to make your programming product!
Home Computer/Work Computer
Even though the Raspberry Pi is slow, you could probably use it as a home computer for researching, email, etc. if you plan to cut your screen time. You can get web browsers on this, so it is possible to surf the Web. But again, the Raspberry Pi is slow and would probably not fit our needs for the internet.
Note: These are only three of the many things you can do. Here, I chose the ones I knew about so I could explain it better and so this list isn't too long.