Make: Getting Started with Raspberry Pi

What can you do with the Raspberry Pi, the inexpensive credit card-sized computer? All sorts of things! If you're learning how to program, or looking to build new electronic projects, this hands-on guide will show you just how valuable this flexible little platform can be.

This book takes you step-by-step through fun and educational possibilities. Write programs in Scratch and Python. Use the Raspberry Pi with Arduino. Create Internet-connected projects. Play with multimedia. With Raspberry Pi, you can do all of this and more.
Get acquainted with hardware features of the Raspberry PiLearn enough Linux to move around the operating systemDraw graphics, play sounds, and handle mouse events with the Pygame frameworkUse the input and output pins to do some hardware hackingDiscover how Arduino and the Raspberry Pi complement each otherIntegrate webcams and the Raspberry Pi Camera Module into your projectsCreate your own Pi-based web server with Python