PodPi: Adventures in JavaScript with Arduino
Getting Started in Learning JavaScript and Arduino
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5.0 • 11 Ratings
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- $3.99
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Publisher Description
Welcome to the Island of PodPi, the first comic book series of 12 books dedicated to teaching kids ages 9+ JavaScript programming and basic electronics with Arduino. This exciting first volume in the series will help you and your child getting started on the adventures. Follow Jake and Zoe as they stumble across a crate filled with treasure boxes. Each box contains a set of electronic parts from LEDs, sensors to servo motors. They discover the Island of PodPi through the series of comic books included in the treasure boxes. The Island of PodPi is a place where unique Pods will teach your child basic electronics and how to code in JavaScript (using Node.JS). Components sold separately and available at http://www.podpi.com. Enjoy the adventures in building electronic circuits and controlling them using the JavaScript language.
Customer Reviews
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Professor PodPi is everything you needed to know to start programming with Arduino.
To ease the fear of a newcomer, the book employs adventure, maps and graphic novels beloved by kids of all ages.
With a little bit of humor and sibling rivalry, this volume introduces programming vocabulary, hardware components and software. The programming instructions are very specific, which reduces the frustration of making mistakes. There are detailed installation instructions for PC, Mac and Chrome; page devoted to color coding resistors, and a common mistakes guide for quick reference.
Overall - this is a great beginners guide into programming for kids.
Great way to introduce kids to electronics and programming
Clear, simple instructions. Engaging. What a great way to spark an interest. After he worked through the supplied exercises my son was full of "what ifs" and "I wonder if I could". And he then proceeded to try new stuff out.
An fun and amazing learning tool
We first saw the hard copy of these publications at the Maker’s Faire last year and were impressed by their learning program and the way they send out Arduino kits and componets to match the build mission in each volume Our children love comics and the way these books are written, it makes for a super fun and exciting adventure and we find that our children learn so much more, so much faster that when we just explain the steps or logic behind building something with the Arduino. With PodPi they feel like they are inside the book, living the adventure with the characters and helping them solve the problems and complete their missions and builds. We are glad to see an iBook format come out and look forward to more fun and learning in upcoming volumes.