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Raspberry Pi 2 Server Essentials

You're reading from   Raspberry Pi 2 Server Essentials Transform your Raspberry Pi into a multi-purpose web server that supports your entire multimedia world with this practical and accessible tutorial!

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2016
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ISBN-13 9781783985692
Length 174 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Started with the Raspberry Pi 2. Preparing a Network FREE CHAPTER 3. Configuring Extra Features 4. Using Fast Web Servers and Databases 5. Setting Up the Raspberry Pi as a File Server 6. Setting Up Game Servers 7. Streaming Live HD Video 8. Setting Up the Pi as a Media Center Server 9. Running Your Pi from a Battery's Power Source 10. Windows IoT Core 11. Running Your ownCloud 12. The Internet of Things – Sensors in the Cloud Index

Summary


Even though Windows has various other ARM and MCU systems, Windows IoT was developed from a blank canvas. With time, the support will continue to grow for new devices and other ways to develop applications.

If you are interested in learning C# or are already a seasoned C# developer, this finally looks like the light at the end of the tunnel for an alternative embedded OS, other than the ever dominating *nix operating systems that were designed for these sorts of devices years ago.

There are many advantages in using Visual Studio and the Universal App architecture, but as of writing this chapter, there is still a lot of work to do for Microsoft.

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