Okay, so today I messed around with something I’m calling “daniel technology.” It’s not really a thing, more like a bunch of stuff I cobbled together. I started by grabbing a Raspberry Pi I had lying around. It’s been collecting dust, so I figured, why not?
First, I flashed the latest Raspberry Pi OS onto an SD card. Pretty standard stuff. I used the Raspberry Pi Imager tool – super easy. Popped the SD card into the Pi, hooked up a monitor, keyboard, and mouse, and booted it up.
Setting Up the Basics
Once it was running, I connected to my Wi-Fi. Then, I opened up the terminal and did the usual update and upgrade commands. You know, gotta make sure everything is fresh:
sudo apt updatesudo apt full-upgrade
After that, I thought, “Let’s get Python going.” Python’s already installed, but I wanted to make sure I had pip (the package installer) ready to roll. So, back to the terminal:
sudo apt install python3-pip
Experimenting with Some Code
With pip installed, I decided to play around with a simple web server using Flask. It’s a lightweight Python framework for building web apps. Installed it with:
pip3 install flask
I then wrote a super basic Flask app. Just a “Hello, World!” thing, really. Saved it as . The code looked something like this:
from flask import Flask
app = Flask(__name__)
def hello_world():
return “
Hello, World!
“
Ran it using python3 * in the terminal, and boom, a little web server was running on my Pi. I could go to my Pi’s IP address in a browser on my laptop and see “Hello, World!”.
Next Steps (Maybe)
Honestly, this was just a starting point. I’m thinking about maybe adding some sensors to the Pi later, and having the web server display the sensor data. Or maybe I’ll try to control some LEDs or something. It’s all just tinkering for now, but it’s fun to see what I can get this little computer to do. I could also hook this up to some other devices, but I have to find them first. For now it is a good start for a simple website.
