A partnership between Broadcom and the University of Cambridge, the UK-based Raspberry Pi foundation creates credit card-sized computers that promote learning to code and educational research. Since the computers hit the market in 2012, the Raspberry Pi has sold over eight million models and is the UK's best-seller.
Setting up a Raspberry Pi is easy. Simply connect a monitor, mouse, and keyboard, and set up the computer.
You could tinker with all the pre-programmed apps, games, and languages that come with the computer, but if you want to get the most out of your Raspberry Pi – and gain a deeper understanding of computers in general – then the Raspberry Pi Beginner Bootcamp can help.
This course includes 50 sessions that will take you from a novice Raspberry Pi user to a more experienced one in just two hours. In it, you'll learn everything from basic setup, to understanding the Raspbian computer operating system, to controlling GPIOs (also known as General Purpose Input Output), to adding a web browser. If you want to build something awesome, this course will also teach you how to build a gaming system and create a virtual, personal assistant using the Google Assistant API.
The Raspberry Pi Beginner Bootcamp normally costs $100, but for a limited time, you can get it for an awesome $15. Whether you recently got a Raspberry Pi computer, added it to your Christmas gift list, or if you've owned one for a while but don't know what to do with it, enrolling in this course is the next logical step for you.
