Raspberry Pi?

In case anyone still reads this old thread, Coursera has started offering the Create Your Own Internet of Things (IoT) Device specialization from the University of California, Irvine. This 6-course series includes The Raspberry Pi Platform and Python Programming for the Raspberry Pi and Interfacing with the Raspberry Pi. These are both brand-new, the latter has not started its first session yet.

These courses are available with a verified certificate for a fee, but if you just want to learn and don't desire the certificate, they can be taken for free.

I heard you can use Ruby to develop on them, which is awesome.

ohh really? I was planning to learn python at some point, but maybe I'll stick with ruby if thats the case :)

Yeah with RubyMotion and the Raspberry Pi being able to use it, the Ruby language is looking at some good years coming up.

Very interesting! Cheers Chad! I wasn't a huge fan of learning Obj C just for the sake of iOS Apps so I'll certainly be bookmarking RubyMotion

the rpi can use pretty much any language that works on linux unline arduino that has a firmware to runa specific language the r pi has a real os so as long as the language you want runs on linux and there the packages available in rpi format then it will run although i do belive arm support for packages is not as vast as it is for amd and intel

I have had my hands on a Raspberry Pi since they came out. It's an awesome little device that has since improvements on the hardware and software side since I ordered mine. It's a great way to dive into linux and a great way to learn the console in conjunction with the lessons at treehouse. Anything you do with it ends up being fun because of it's size! There's a ton of cool things that you can do with it, but definitely being able to host a website on something of that size is great. Let us know what projects you tackle!