Beginner

[BandNerd1002]

What are some tips for a complete beginner for a raspberry pi?

[motdog]

I was a complete beginner when I started working on my mirror. I watched a bunch of youtube videos, skipping the ones dedicated to building frames, and learned about installation. There is an asian woman on youtube who does a tutorial walking through the installation of the magic mirror and its modules. It wasn’t perfect but it helped me learn.

Read everything you can. Look at the stuff on reddit. Read this forum. Understand the problems people went through and bookmark pages that seem interesting to you. Learn from people’s mistakes. Ask questions. Experiment and get frustrated when it doesn’t work. Read code carefully as a slight deviation at all will mess things up. Ask questions, have fun. Use the search feature. Ask questions.

[thedoorsfanatic]

I am still a beginner but one of my best tipps so far:
Don’t use a cheap SD card and make constant backups.
For backups I use Win32DiskImager and WinSCP

[sdetweil]

before doing anything mirror related, use the pi to turn on/off a light when u press a button…

learn how the pi works.

[dxfan227]

Get a cana kit. will include most of waht you need and has a very good quick setup guide to get you up an running

[Mykle1]

@BandNerd1002

I think the installation tutorial is pretty good, only outdated a bit. Really, you’re only talking about 2 commands: The installation command for MagicMirror and the installation of dependencies command for MagicMirror. Installation of your OS is pretty straightforward, as well.

You will learn as you go along. I did, starting out with no prior knowledge of the Pi or coding. I second all the suggestions above. Don’t forget to have fun.

[sdetweil]

@Mykle1 try my install script. It handles missing npm

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/10171/anyone-want-to-try-updated-installer/16

[Mykle1]

@sdetweil

RIght! Forgot about that. I used it on my last install :thumbsup:

[BandNerd1002]

In the Pi terminal what is the command for the config file?

[Mykle1]

@BandNerd1002

This? In the MM directory:

npm run config:check