PC Magazine - USA (2019-08)

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tinkering expertise, it’s much more satisfying to build your own with a
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Python coding projects. These include creating a simple video game using a
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BARE BOARD OR KIT?
If you’re already in the Pi camp and are just pining for more able hardware, the
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don’t need as much computing power, you can get a version with less memory
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