Embedded Programming with Javascript

Brief presentation showing how to get started with embedded programming using javascript and NodeJS

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1. Embedded Programming with Javascript by Mark Wolfe Tuesday, 28 May 13
2. Who is this guy? Tuesday, 28 May 13
3. Why Javascript? • Handy Language to know • Similar syntax to Java, C, C++ and C# • Simple language Tuesday, 28 May 13
4. Why NodeJS? • Small Fast Runtime • Powered by v8 • Ported to ARM for use on Android and IOS • Small memory footprint • Simple templates for native modules Tuesday, 28 May 13
5. Where to start? • Learn some: • Linux • HTML5 and friends • Javascript • TCP/IP Tuesday, 28 May 13
6. Things to make Tuesday, 28 May 13
7. Building blocks • Lots of existing npm modules out there • serialport • gpio • socket io • express • node-levelup Tuesday, 28 May 13
8. Example Tuesday, 28 May 13
9. Things Tuesday, 28 May 13
10. Questions? Tuesday, 28 May 13
11. Links • http://ninjablocks.com/ • http://expressjs.com/ • http://socket.io/ • https://github.com/rvagg/node-levelup • https://npmjs.org/package/gpio • https://github.com/voodootikigod/node- Tuesday, 28 May 13
12. Contact • mark.wolfe@ninjablocks.com • https://github.com/wolfeidau • @wolfeidau on twitter Tuesday, 28 May 13