Chapter 2. Programming on Raspbian

In this chapter we will start to examine programming on the Raspbian operating system. This will give you the chance to explore the Raspberry Pi's hardware in more detail and interact with some of its components.

The topics covered in this chapter include the following:

• Assembly language and the assembler
• An introduction to the C and C++ languages and their compilers
• The Python programming language and IDLE

Each of these topics will lay the foundation for projects in future chapters. For this chapter you will need to either be logged into your Raspberry Pi via SSH or have a terminal window open.