Getting Started With Raspberry Pi, 4th Edition

4/Python on the Pi

Python is a great first programming lan-

guage; it’s clear and easy to get up and

running. More importantly, there are a lot

of other users to share code with and ask

questions.

Guido van Rossum released Python in 1991, and very early on recognized

its usefulness as a first language for computing. In 1999, van Rossum

put together a widely read proposal called “Computer Programming

for Everybody” (www.python.org/doc/essays/cp4e) that laid out a

vision for an ambitious program to teach programming in elementary

and secondary schools using Python. More than two decades later, it’s

actually happening, due in part to the incredible popularity and use of

the Raspberry Pi in the classroom.

Python is an

interpreted ...