We started this chapter with a look at the history of the Raspberry Pi. What started as an initiative to promote programming to a new generation has grown into a global phenomenon. We then downloaded the NOOBS image and installed the Raspbian OS, the default operating system for the Raspberry Pi. This involved formatting and preparing a microSD card for the NOOBS files.
It's easiest to think that a computer as inexpensive and small as the Raspberry Pi is not all that powerful. We demonstrated that the Raspberry Pi is indeed a very capable computer, as we took a look at some of the applications that come pre-installed with the Raspbian OS.
In Chapter 2, Writing Python Programs Using Raspberry Pi, we will begin Python coding using the Raspberry Pi and some of the development tools available in Raspbian.