Richard Blum - Python Programming for Raspberry Pi in 24 Hours

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Richard Blum
Christine Bresnahan

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Sams Teach Yourself Python Programming for Raspberry Pi 24 Hours

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ISBN-13: 978-0-7897-5205-5
ISBN-10: 0-7897-5205-0

Library of Congress Control Number: 2013946052
Printed in the United States of America
First Printing: October 2013

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Richard Blum has worked in the IT industry for over 25 years as a network and systems administrator, managing Microsoft, Unix, Linux, and Novell servers for a network with more than 3,500 users. He has developed and teaches programming and Linux courses via the Internet to colleges and universities worldwide. Rich has a masters degree in management information systems from Purdue University and is the author of several Linux books, including Linux Command Line and Shell Scripting Bible (coauthored with Christine Bresnahan, 2011, Wiley), Linux for Dummies, 9th edition (2009, Wiley), and Professional Linux Programming (coauthored with Jon Masters, 2007, Wiley). When hes not busy being a computer nerd, Rich enjoys spending time with his wife, Barbara, and two daughters, Katie Jane and Jessica.

Christine Bresnahan started working in the IT industry more than 25 years ago as a system administrator. Christine is currently an adjunct professor at Ivy Tech Community College in Indianapolis, Indiana, teaching Python programming, Linux system administration, and Linux security classes. Christine produces Unix/Linux educational material and is the author of Linux Bible, 8th edition (coauthored with Christopher Negus, 2012, Wiley) and Linux Command Line and Shell Scripting Bible (coauthored with Richard Blum, 2011, Wiley). She has been an enthusiastic owner of a Raspberry Pi since 2012.

To the Lord God Almighty.

I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him,
he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.
John 15:5

First, all glory, and praise go to God, who through His Son, Jesus Christ, makes all things possible and gives us the gift of eternal life.

Many thanks go to the fantastic team of people at Sams Publishing, for their outstanding work on this project. Thanks to Rick Kughen, the executive editor, for offering us the opportunity to work on this book and keeping things on track. We are grateful to the development editor, Mark Renfrow, who provided diligence in making our work more presentable. Thanks to the production editor, Andy Beaster, for making sure the book was produced. Many thanks to the copy editor, Kitty Wilson, for her endless patience and diligence in making our work readable. Also, we are indebted to our technical editor, Jason Foster, who put in many long hours double-checking all our work and keeping the book technically accurate.

Thanks to Tonya of Tonya Wittig Photography, who created incredible pictures of our Raspberry Pis and was very patient in taking all the photos we wanted for the book. We would also like to thank Carole Jelen at Waterside Productions, Inc., for arranging this opportunity for us and for helping us out in our writing careers.

Christine would also like to thank her student, Paul Bohall, for introducing her to the Raspberry Pi, and her husband, Timothy, for his encouragement to pursue the geeky stuff students introduce her to.

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