Beginner

motdog · May 7, 2019, 2:15 PM

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 · Apr 30, 2019, 2:33 PM

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 · Apr 30, 2019, 5:42 PM

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 · Apr 30, 2019, 11:18 PM

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 · May 1, 2019, 1:15 AM

@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I think the installation tutorial is pretty good, only outdated a bit.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.