The Raspberry Pi and it's importance in learning computer science

As part of the London Games Festival the Guardian ran a Raspberry Pi coaching session at the Google Campus.
The Raspberry Pi is a credit card sized single-board computer developed in the UK by the Raspberry Pi Foundation to help encourage and improve the teaching of basic computer science in schools. Founder Eben Upton and Next Gen Skills campaign manager Theo Blackwell speak about its importance as a tool for all ages.
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[@agluebottle]

Buy one dude! They're great! I taught myself to be a programmer 3 years ago AFTER COLLEGE, so it's never too late. I'm professional dev making decent bank now, and I love what I do. RasPi didn't teach me to code, but it's still a great toy for learning for any age, any skill level. Another great resource is to see if there's a maker/hacker space in your town. They're kinda like the Masons or Elks for mad scientists and nerds. You'll find wonderful people there.

[@rocketscribble]

The only "programming" I did in school was creating a traffic light system in a simulator. Why now that i'm out of school do they change it. *RAGE FACE*

[@bboybram]

Could people stop saying; html and css is easy. It takes a couple of years before your able to integrate it with a programming language like python or php. With python you don't need to learn anything else, you could keep it cli and getting the hang of that also takes a couple of years. I would say you're a programmer after 3 years experience. And that's if your really taking it serious. These story of a 9 yo hacking into the fbi is bollocks. Unless he has 8 year experience.