JavaScript on Things

SummaryJavaScript on Things is your first step into the exciting and downright entertaining world of programming for small electronics. If you know enough JavaScript to hack a website together, you'll be making things go bleep, blink, and spin faster than you can say 'nodebot.'Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.About the TechnologyAre you ready to make things move? If you can build a web app, you can create robots, weather stations, and other funky gadgets! In this incredibly fun, project-based guide, JavaScript hardware hacker Lyza Danger Gardner takes you on an incredible journey from your first flashing LED through atmospheric sensors, motorized rovers, Bluetooth doorbells, and more. With JavaScript, some easy-to-get hardware, and a bit of creativity, you'll be beeping, spinning, and glowing in no time.About the BookJavaScript on Things introduces the exciting world of programming small electronics! You'll start building things immediately, beginning with basic blinking on Arduino. This fully illustrated, hands-on book surveys JavaScript toolkits like Johnny-Five along with platforms including Raspberry Pi, Tessel, and BeagleBone. As you build project after interesting project, you'll learn to wire in sensors, hook up motors, transmit data, and handle user input. So be warned: once you start, you won't want to stop.What's InsideControlling hardware with JavaScriptiDesigning and assembling robots and gadgetsA crash course in electronicsOver a dozen hands-on projects!About the ReaderWritten for readers with intermediate JavaScript and Node.js skills. No experience with electronics required.About the AuthorLyza Danger Gardner has been a web developer for over 20 years. She's part of the NodeBots community and a contributor to the Johnny-Five Node.js library.Table of ContentsPART 1 - A JAVASCRIPTER'S INTRODUCTION TO HARDWAREBringing JavaScript and hardware together Embarking on hardware with Arduino How to build circuits PART 2 - PROJECT BASICS: INPUT AND OUTPUT WITH JOHNNY-FIVE Sensors and input Output: making things happen Output: making things move PART 3 - MORE SOPHISTICATED PROJECTS Serial communication Projects without wires Building your own thingPART 4 - USING JAVASCRIPT WITH HARDWARE IN OTHER ENVIRONMENTS JavaScript and constrained hardware Building with Node.js and tiny computers In the cloud, in the browser, and beyond