RPi Programming

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Software & Distributions:

Software - an overview.

Distributions - operating systems and development environments for the Pi.

Kernel Compilation - advice on compiling a kernel.

Performance - measures of the Pi's performance.

Programming - programming languages that might be used on the Pi.

Programming languages, IDEs, etc

Tested on Alpha board

• Interp
• Scala
• Clojure
• OCaml
• gcc
• g++
• Python
• Perl
• Ruby 1.9.2 (KidsRuby)

Expected to work

• Java
• Eclipse
• Tcl/Tk
• Lazarus
• (maybe) BoaConstructor
• Anjuta for C/C++
• Dev-C++
• CodeBlocks
• Lua
• BBC BASIC
  • mdfs.net
  • ROOL wiki, forum threads: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
• Small Basic
• Squeak implementation of Smalltalk
• Processing
• Other BASIC variants common to Debian/Ubuntu/Fedora etc. are all likely to work fine, including:
  • basic256 - educational BASIC programming environment for children
  • bwbasic - Bywater BASIC Interpreter
  • sdlbasic - BASIC interpreter for game development
  • yabasic - Yet Another BASIC interpreter

See also: RaspberryPiBoard/EducationalLinks for education-friendly languages.

Graphical Programming

• Gambas - possibly a good choice; easy like old visual basic
• Scratch
• Alice
• Android App Inventor
• Kodu
• Star Logo
• PrimerLabs CodeHero

Robotics

• Lego Mindstorms
• KTurtle and other Logo/turtle graphics (The IO board supports motor drive outputs)

Uncategorised

• Sugar Learning Platform: An alternative to the Desktop metaphor of the GUI
• Frink
• GAViewer
• GeoGebra
• codecademy.com

See also Category:Education