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Raspberry Pi Programming
Here is how you can design and compile programs for the Raspberry Pi and do your development on Windows, Mac, or Linux platforms … FREE!
Have you ever wanted to write sophisticated desktop programs but thought the learning curve was too steep? Would you like to experiment with a Raspberry Pi single board computer? Would you like to learn how to develop Web Applications not just Websites. Enter Xojo … the intuitive and easy to use software development tool. Recently they changed their pricing model and you can now download and use Xojo for free to develop and deploy Raspberry Pi programs. You can develop and debug on Windows or a Mac or Linux then deploy a desktop or command line program on various models of a Raspberry Pi. Note that the Raspberry Pi Zero is not supported due to the level of ARM processor in the Model Zero but most other models work fine. A few other “knock off” brands will work like most of the Orange Pi models.
I have been a long time user of Xojo as the internal developer in several companies and as an independent software developer. Years ago it was called RealBASIC. The full paid version is a cross platform development tool that uses a BASIC like syntax to do Desktop, Command Line, and even Web programming. The free Raspberry Pi version can access SQLite databases and access Pi specific hardware peripherals.
