Index

A

• append function / List operations
• applications, writing for camera
  • about / Writing applications for the camera
  • timelapse recorder / A time lapse recorder
  • point and shoot camera / A point-and-shoot camera
  • image effect randomizer / An image effect randomizer
• apt
  • used, for installing modules / Installing modules using apt

B

• BeautifulSoup
  • used, for parsing webpage / Parsing a web page using BeautifulSoup
• boolean
  • about / String functions

C

• Caesar cipher
  • URL / Creating lists
• camera module
  • setting up / Setting up the camera module
• classes, calculator module
  • about / Classes in Python
  • Operation / Operation.py
  • Calculator / Calculator.py
• classifiers
  • about / Packaging a library
  • reference link / Packaging a library
• codebase
  • setting up / Setting up the codebase
• command line interfaces (CLIs)
  • working on / Command-line interface
• control flow operators
  • about / Control flow operators

D

• data
  • downloading, urllib2 used / Using urllib2 to download data
• data structures
  • about / Data structures
  • Lists / Lists
  • Dictionaries / Dictionaries
  • sets / Sets
  • tuples / Tuples
• data types, Python
  • about / Data in Python
  • numerical types / Numerical types
  • string manipulation / String manipulation
• debounceing / Switch using interrupt
• development tools, Python / The Python development tools
• Dictionaries
  • about / Dictionaries
  • creating / Creating dictionaries
  • operations / Dictionary operations
• digital electronics
  • about / Digital electronics
• Document Object Model (DOM) / The DOM method
• downloaded operating system image
  • writing, to SD card / Writing to the SD card
• duty cycle / Digital electronics

E

• enum34 package
  • URL / Installing modules using pip
• extend function / List operations

F

• file objects
  • reference link / Input/output
• files
  • reading / Reading and writing files
  • writing / Reading and writing files
• Fixer.io API
  • URL / Parsing JSON APIs
• format string, sections
  • name / String formatting
  • flags / String formatting
  • minimum width / String formatting
  • precision / String formatting
  • length / String formatting
  • type / String formatting
• Frozen Sets
  • about / Frozen sets
• functions
  • using / Using functions
• functions, os.path module
  • abspath / The os.path module
  • basename / The os.path module
  • exists / The os.path module
  • getsize / The os.path module
  • isfile / The os.path module
  • isdir / The os.path module
  • islink / The os.path module
  • expanduser / The os.path module
  • join / The os.path module
  • split / The os.path module
  • splitext / The os.path module

G

• General Purpose Input and Output (GPIO) pins / Threading
• Git
  • about / Installing modules manually
• GPIO library
  • about / The GPIO library
  • single LED output / Single LED output
  • PWM control / PWM output
  • multiple outputs / Multiple outputs
  • basic switch / Basic switch
  • switch, using interrupt / Switch using interrupt
• GPU (Graphical Processing Unit) / Setting up the camera module

I

• IDLE Integrated Development Environment (IDE) / The Python development tools
• image effect randomizer / An image effect randomizer
• inheritance
  • about / Inheritance
• Input/Output
  • about / Input/output

J

• JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) / Dictionaries
• JSON APIs
  • parsing / Parsing JSON APIs
  • URL / Parsing JSON APIs

L

• len function / List operations
• library
  • packaging / Packaging a library
• Linux
  • OS image, writing to SD card / Linux and Mac
• Lists
  • about / Lists
  • properties / Lists
  • creating / Creating lists
  • operations / List operations
• literal
  • about / String manipulation
• lock
  • about / Locks
• log files
  • writing / Writing log files
• logging module
  • reference link / Writing log files

M

• Mac
  • OS image, writing to SD card / Linux and Mac
• module
  • using / Using the module
• modules
  • importing / Importing modules
  • installing, manually / Installing modules manually
  • installing, pip used / Installing modules using pip
  • installing, apt used / Installing modules using apt
• multithreading
  • about / Threading
  • lock / Locks

N

• numerical types
  • about / Numerical types
  • int / Numerical types
  • long / Numerical types
  • float / Numerical types
  • complex / Numerical types
  • operations on / Operations on numerical types

O

• object-oriented Programming (OOP)
  • about / Object-oriented programming
• objects
  • about / String functions
• OpenWeatherMap
  • URL / Parsing XML APIs
• operations, Dictionaries / Dictionary operations
• operations, Lists
  • about / List operations
• operations, on numerical types / Operations on numerical types
• operations, sets
  • about / Set operations
• os.path module
  • about / The os.path module
  • functions / The os.path module

P

• packages
  • using, in Python code / Using packages in your Python code
  • about / Packaging a library
• parsing methods, XML APIs
  • Document Object Model (DOM) method / The DOM method
  • Simple API for XML (SAX) method / The SAX method
• PDB tool
  • about / The Python debugger
  • using / The Python debugger
  • reference link, for documentation / The Python debugger
• Pi
  • booting / Booting the Pi for the first time
• pip
  • used, for installing modules / Installing modules using pip
• Pixiv
  • URL / Parsing a web page using BeautifulSoup
• Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) / Digital electronics
• PWR LED (Light Emitting Diode) / Booting the Pi for the first time
• py-spidev
  • reference link / Additional libraries
• PyDub library, GitHub
  • URL / Installing modules manually
• PyPI
  • URL / Installing modules using pip
• pySerial
  • using / Using pySerial
• pySerial Python library
  • URL / Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART)
• Python
  • development tools / The Python development tools
  • data types / Data in Python
• Python 2
  • versus Python 3 / Python 2 versus Python 3
• Python code
  • packages, using in / Using packages in your Python code
• Python formatting language
  • reference link / String formatting
• Python library
  • installing / Installing and testing the Python library
  • testing / Installing and testing the Python library
• Python modules
  • packaging / Packaging your own Python modules
  • entry point, adding / Adding an entry point
• Python scripts
  • running / Running some simple Python scripts
• Python versions
  • URL, for comparing / Python 2 versus Python 3

Q

• Qt Designer
  • UI, building with / Building the UI with Qt Designer

R

• Raspberry Pi
  • URL, for downloads page / Installing and setting up Raspbian
• Raspbian
  • installing / Installing and setting up Raspbian
  • setting up / Installing and setting up Raspbian
• remove function / List operations

S

• SciPy
  • URL / Operations on numerical types
• SD card
  • downloaded operating system image, writing to / Writing to the SD card
• sets
  • about / Sets
  • operations / Set operations
• Simple API for XML (SAX) method / The SAX method
• smbus-cffi
  • reference link / Additional libraries
• sort function / List operations
• SourceForge page
  • about / Windows
• str function / List operations
• string formatting
  • about / String formatting
  • reference link / String formatting
• string functions
  • about / String functions
  • reference link / String functions
  • capitalize / String functions
  • lower / String functions
  • upper / String functions
  • find / String functions
  • replace / String functions
  • strip / String functions
  • split / String functions
  • in / String functions
• string manipulation
  • about / String manipulation
• string templates
  • about / String templates

T

• threading
  • about / Threading
• threading module
  • about / Threading
  • reference link / Threading
• tuples
  • about / Tuples

U

• UI
  • building, with Qt Designer / Building the UI with Qt Designer
  • launching / Launching the UI
• UI code
  • writing / Writing the UI code
  • packaging / Packaging the code
• Unified Modeling Language (UML)
  • about / Object-oriented programming
  • URL / Object-oriented programming
• unit conversion application
  • about / Unit conversion application
• unit testing
  • about / Unit testing
• unittest module
  • reference link / Unit testing
• Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART)
  • about / Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART)
  • serial port, setting up / Setting up the serial port
  • pySerial, using / Using pySerial
• urllib2
  • used, for downloading data / Using urllib2 to download data

W

• webpage
  • parsing, BeautifulSoup used / Parsing a web page using BeautifulSoup
• Win32 Disk Imager
  • URL, for downloading / Windows
• Windows
  • Win32 Disk Imager, used for writing OS image to SD card / Windows

X

• XML APIs
  • parsing / Parsing XML APIs

Y

• YUV image
  • reference link / An image effect randomizer