I have passable and entry level knowledge of python programming (but am a quick leaner) and want to learn all about drones in the quickest possible time - what course would you recommend to an absolute beginner whose aim is to build and program his own drones in the future.
The two course courses I would recommend are the Drone Programming Primer to understand not only python control of drones, but the whole architecture of the software stack used on ArduPilot drones. It gives you a lower level understanding of what’s going on.
For the hardware side of things, the How To Build A Raspberry Pi drone course will get you up to speed on ranging topics from hardware theory, design theory, building the drone, calibrating the drone, flying it, using basic python to control it, using the AUTO mode, etc.
The courses are the foundation of learning at the Drone Dojo. They are like freshman level electives, and all other courses in the Dojo are more Sophmore->Senior level courses that all build on the two courses I just touched on.
As far as one-off skills that would be beneficial- I would also say that basic linux command line comfort would really help. Even a little bash scripting knowledge would open up this world. The Drone Programming Primer is designed from the perspective of someone who doesn’t know bash/command line commands in Linux, so it has the multi-purpose of teaching not only on drone software, but also on the rudimentary skill of linux implicitly.
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