What will I need to bring?
The only thing you really need to bring is your imagination!
Aside from that, a few other things will be helpful:
- A Laptop - if you have your own laptop please bring it with you (don't forget to charge it!). If you don't have one, we can lend you one but please let us know beforehand so we can make sure we have one ready for you.
- An Adult - if you're under 12 years old you'll need to bring an adult with you, who will need to stay for the session (who knows, they might learn a thing or two themselves).
- Lunch Depending on where we end up...
If you have your own Raspberry Pi feel free to bring it along - that way you can carry on the fun at home! Please remember your power supply, keyboard, SD card etc.
What else can I do to get ready?
Although you don't need that much to come along and get coding, it might make things go a bit more smoothly if you can set up a couple of things beforehand. Don't worry if you get stuck, getting started is always the hardest
bit and the Ninjas and Mentors at the dojo will be able to get you over most hurdles.
Some software you can install:
- Scratch - Scratch is an easy to use graphical programming language you can use to make games and animations. We use Scratch 1.4 which you can download for free from the scratch website
- Notepad++ or Geany or Notepad? - some sort of text editing tool is always handy
- Python - Python is a really popular programming language that is a great place to start to learn coding. Python is behind a lot of great web applications and is used in most Raspberry Pi projects to detect button presses or interpret sensor inputs or control robots. you can download the latest version for your laptop here ready to start having a go Python Downloads page
Free, open and inclusive, always!