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Practical Node-RED Programming

Understand how Node-RED, the free and open-source flow-based programming tool, is used for handling IoT data and how it allows programmers of any level to interconnect I/O, APIs, and online services in new and exciting ways. This book is a comprehensive introduction to Node-RED and will get you up to speed with building web apps in no time.

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Difficulty Level

Intermediate

Completion Time

10h52m

Language

English

About Book

Who Is This Book For?

This Node-RED book is for web developers and IoT engineers with some background in JavaScript and Node.js. Although not necessary, familiarity with the concepts of electronics will help you to make the most out of this book.

Book content

chapters 10h52m total length

Introducing Node-RED and Flow-based Programming

Setting up the Development Environment

Understanding Node-RED Characteristics by Creating Basic Flows

Learning the Major Nodes

Implementing Node-RED Locally

Implementing Node-RED in the Cloud

Calling a Web API from Node-RED

Using the Project Feature with Git

Creating a ToDo Application with Node-RED

Handling Sensor Data on the Raspberry Pi

Visualize Data by Creating a Server-side Application in the IBM Cloud

Developing a Chatbot Application Using Slack and IBM Watson

Creating and Publishing your Own Node on the Node-RED Library ​

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