The MagPi - February 2020

Dr EI Horvath &

Dr EA Horvath

Price:

£95 / $125

learningiot.net

CREATOR

CheckiO

Price:

£10 / $10 per student

(first class free)

checkio.org

CREATOR

This impressive 760-page

epic has been created by

accomplished academics to

provide a complete course

that goes from your first line

of code to creating real-life

Internet of Things projects.

Although it’s intended to

be picked up by academic

institutions and implemented

as a course, there’s no reason

not to self-teach if that’s the

style that works for you.

As well as a solid grounding

in Python, from first principles

to advanced techniques such as

threading, its detailed projects

include reading environmental

data with Sense HAT, using GPS,

and robot control. In addition to

physical computing, there are

many projects on interacting

with the ‘cloud’, such as storing

remote data and alerting.

What’s better than learning

through gaming? CheckiO is a

100% online series of courses

intended for the classroom,

although individuals are also

welcome. Through a series of

over 200 tutorials, worksheets,

and challenges, the participant

starts with the fundamentals and

writes more and more complex

code as the principles of gaming

are revealed. Throughout, there’s

an excellent support system,

including the ability to discuss

solutions with your peers. A

scoring system and awards make

this great fun for the classroom.

If getting into the games industry

appeals, or you just fancy

creating some homebrew and

don’t know where to start, this

might be the perfect choice.

Learning IoT with

Python and Raspberry Pi

CheckiO

Premium

Python

Serious about

Python knowledge?

These are for you

PYTHON – FROM

BEGINNER TO WINNER

This is a more structured course

than others we’ve mentioned

here. A total of three hours of

video and 21 downloadable

resources with coding

exercises. Recommended

for those wanting to learn in

bite‑size sections.

magpi.cc/udemypython

CODE THE CLASSICS

What could be better than

learning through recreating

the golden era of arcade

gamingũ This book Šyes, from

ourselvesš teaches many

fundamental principles of

code while having some

classic fun.

magpi.cc/ctc1

CODE COMBAT

Although aimed at the

classroom, ode ombat is

an epic collection of Python

programming challenges

wrapped in a sophisticated

and fun user interface. ¥ou can

play around for free.

codecombat.com

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