Hello everyone! My name is George from Greece, and I'm a 1st level student of Computer Science. About a month ago, for an assignment in a class, we had to watch some TED talks and write a reflective report on it. One of them was a presentation by Massimo Banzi on arduino, and it got me really interested in it, and I started snooping around. Now I came across an offer on stacksocial, that got me at it again. So, I am really wondering on what and how I should start off.
The starter kit seems pretty complete, and I guess that after you use it for the "exercises" you can still use all the material for other projects. My knowledge in programming is pretty basic. I do know the basics of java and python but that's about it.
What is your opinion, should I go for a starter kit, or get something else? What I'm worried about with buying something else is that I will be lost in the plethora of choices and materials that will be needed besides which ever arduino board I get. On the other hand, the starter kit seems a bit pricy. I mean the rev. 3 board costs around 25$ yet the starter kit is 95$+vat.
Finally, what do you think about the course? Usefull or not?
Thanks all in advance, for taking time to read my post! 
Edit: I would also like to ask how the starter kit is applicable to further projects. From what I understand the projects on the starter kit are mainly static input/output. Can components be used later on in robotics, for example?
