Packt Publishing is always offering free e-books and today is great if you want to learn about image processing. You will use the OpenCV library with Python with today’s book. Here is the book blurb: OpenCV is an open source computer…
Packt do a free e-book offer every day. Today it’s the turn of Daniel Bates’ Raspberry Pi Projects for Kids. I reviewed this book ages ago and gave it a solid 8.5/10 “if it had been cheaper”. Well, today it is, so get…
I’ve just received word that 4 new MagPi Essentials books have made their way into print and are now available at The Pi Hut. The books that have been published are: Learn to Code with Scratch Hacking and Making in…
The MagPi has announced the publication of a new volume in the Essentials series. Called “Learn to Code with C”, the book is written by Foundation developer Simon Long and covers the following topics: Create variables & do arithmetic Control the…
The Raspberry Pi Foundation and The MagPi have announced the launch of another in their Essentials series of books. This one is called Simple Electronics with GPIO Zero and focuses on teaching the reader how to use simple electronic components to affect…
This is a somewhat belated review – I’ve had the book since January and have only just retrieved it from my suitcase! Apologies to Craig and No Starch Press; but the wait was worth it! Learn to Program with Minecraft is…
The MagPi team has been at it again! Edited by The MagPi’s Russell Barnes and Rob Zwetsloot and with contributions from Sam Aaron, Boris Adryan, Martin O’Hanlon and Jasper & Ozzy Hayler-Goodall, their new Essentials book focuses on Minecraft Pi Edition.…
Wiley sent me this book as well as Adventures in Coding. I’m free to give an honest opinion. Introduction Electronics for Kids is a rather nice full-colour publication by Cathleen Shamieh. It seeks to give kids (or beginner adults) an…
Another interesting release from Wiley. I’ve been sent this and another book to review, but I’m free to give an honest opinion. Introduction Adventures in Coding by Eva Holland and Chris Minnick is another in the series of “Adventures” books…
The Foundation & The MagPi announced today that they have produced a new book. This one has 13 chapters focused on programming with Scratch. Although a print date has yet to be announced, you can download the PDF for free or…
