It was you talking about Node.js that got me started messing around with
it. It is a really convenient way to throw together some type of server.
For me the addition of npm and express is clutch, though it's a quite
capable system even without. If anyone else is working with Node at all,
I'd be interested in a show and tell. Otherwise, Kris, you want to get
together sometime and share?
/thor
So, some you know how much I love working with Node.js for work and
play, but I'm going to keep beating a dead horse here.
Node.js ( http://nodejs.org ) is a JavaScript environment which allows
you to script most system functionality from within the Google V8
JavaScript engine *outside of the browser*, and actually compiled on
the machine. In particular it is very good at working with the TCP and
HTTP protocols (think sockets). This has gotten web geeks all into a
frenzy, but because of Node's naturally asynchronous IO capability,
I've been thinking that the implications in robotics might be even
more exciting.
I have not had time to start hacking on it yet... but others have done
some cool stuff with Node.js and Arduino:
An RC boat controlled remotely via a web portal:
http://www.heatsynclabs.org/boutduinode-a-pool-party-with-arduino-node-js-and-an-rc-boat/
Real time freezer monitoring to Twitter so your port doesn't spoil
while you're on vacation:
http://legitimatesounding.com/blog/Of_Pork,_Freezers,_Tweets,_and_Node_js.html
It's not so much that Node.js can do things that we couldn't do
before, it's that it is much faster to get a project working within a
couple of hours over the weekend compared to other scripting
environments I've worked in.
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