nick-jonas / coder

A simple way to make web stuff on Raspberry Pi

Coder

A simple way to make web stuff on Raspberry Pi

Coder is a free piece of software that turns a Raspberry Pi into a super simple platform that educators and parents can use to teach the basics of building for the web. New coders can craft small projects in HTML, CSS, and Javascript, right from the web browser.

http://goo.gl/coder

#To Install

• SSH into your pi as the coder user sudo su -s /bin/bash coder
• Replace coder-dist compeletely with this cloned repo and rename to coder-dist

git clone https://github.com/nick-jonas/coder.git && mv coder coder-dist

• Install NPM dependencies

# from repo root
 cd ./coder-base/ 
 /opt/node/bin/npm install

# from repo root
 cd ./raspbian-addons/home/coder/coder-dist/coder-base/
 /opt/node/bin/npm install

• Install Apps

# from repo root
cd coder-apps
./install_pi.sh ../coder-base/

• Visit coder.local (or IP of device) in browser, and config your password

#Developing

##Mounting a Remote Drive

To mount the RPi file system and work over SSH, use this tutorial.

sshfs coder@<ip address>:/ ~/development/sshfs-mount

##Using a Console Cable

Plug Console Cable into USB, and using the following:

Black > GND Red > 5v White > TXD Green > RXD

screen /dev/cu.PL2303-00001004 115200

PL2303... is the device name and differs everytime. 115200 is the Baud Rate.

Instructions here.

What You'll Find Here

coder-base

The Coder node.js server and application files

coder-apps

The Coder applications that come pre-installed in the Coder distribution

raspbian-addons

Modifications and additions to the stock raspian configuration and init structure

installer

Utility for transfering the coder image to an SD Card

findcoder-appengine

EXPERIMENTAL: A status server that can be run to help locate multiple Coder devices in a classroom scenario