Google Releases Raspberry Pi Web Dev Teaching Tool

judgecorp writes "Google has released 'Coder,' described as a simple way to make web stuff on Raspberry Pi. The idea is to make the Pi into a simple web server and web development environment on which kids can learn HTML, CSS and JavaScript. They provide an image for the Raspberry Pi, and they've open-sourced Coder as well. 'We thought about all the stuff we could do to make Coder a more complete package, but we have a hunch that the sooner this gets into the open source and maker communities, the more we’ll learn about how it might be used. Hopefully, a few more folks will pitch in and help us make this even more accessible and helpful for new coders.'"

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Re:Making it too simple for kids to learn

[BitZtream]

The retarded part is using a raspberry pi ... when you need some other computer to do the actual work of making the raspberry pi useful.

Unless you're buying a raspberry pi with a preloaded SD card, this is stupid because the computer required to setup the RaspPi and make it useful is about ... a billion times more powerful and more useful.

This is yet another retarded use of a raspberry pi for the sake of riding the marketing wave.