David's Raspberry Pi Website

This is a picture of my Raspberry Pi webserver. It's sitting on the floor of our living room at home, busily serving up the web page that you are looking at at this very moment. I've been meaning to do this for a while, but recently was prodded into actually doing it (thanks, Pete, I needed the push). I was astounded at how easy it was - the whole process of setting up the Raspberry Pi and getting the initial website up and running on the Interent took me approximately one hour!

So this site is all about using the Raspberry Pi as a webserver. The aim is to provide help with setting up your Pi as a webserver that can be seen across the Internet, and to then provide resources so you can learn how to produce high quality websites. This website is designed to be a demonstration of the principles, so it's hosted at home on a Raspberry Pi and connected to the Internet via a standard home ISP connection.

So why is this a big deal? Maybe it's not; but it does mean that you can set up a £30 Raspberry Pi as your own personal webserver, you can connect it to the Internet so it's visible to anyone, and then you can practice developing websites and trying things out in a real environment. And there's no monthly outlay, just the initial cost of the Pi. If you want to share a "portfolio" of your work, just point folks to your website!

For now, there's two main parts to this website. The first is the "Setup" page, where we'll cover how to set your Pi up so that it's running as a webserver on the Internet and accessible by anyone who wants to see it. The second is the "Developing" page, where we'll look at good practices when developing a website.

The hope is that what you find here will inspire you to try things out for yourself, that you will be successful, and have a lot of fun in the process. Do please let me know if you think I can help in any way. My details are on the Contact page.