JavaScript on Things: Hacking hardware for web developers

Book Description

Summary

JavaScript 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 Technology

Are 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 Book

JavaScript 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 Inside

• Controlling hardware with JavaScripti
• Designing and assembling robots and gadgets
• A crash course in electronics
• Over a dozen hands-on projects!

About the Reader

Written for readers with intermediate JavaScript and Node.js skills. No experience with electronics required.

About the Author

Lyza 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 Contents

PART 1 – A JAVASCRIPTER’S INTRODUCTION TO HARDWARE
Chapter 1. Bringing Javascript And Hardware Together
Chapter Embarking On Hardware With Arduino
Chapter How To Build Circuits

PART 2 – PROJECT BASICS: INPUT AND OUTPUT WITH JOHNNY-FIVE
Chapter 1. Sensors And Input
Chapter Output: Making Things Happen
Chapter Output: Making Things Move

PART 3 – MORE SOPHISTICATED PROJECTS
Chapter 1. Serial Communication
Chapter Projects Without Wires
Chapter Building Your Own Thing

PART 4 – USING JAVASCRIPT WITH HARDWARE IN OTHER ENVIRONMENTS
Chapter 1. Javascript And Constrained Hardware
Chapter 2. Building With Node.Js And Tiny Computers
Chapter 3. In The Cloud, In The Browser, And Beyond

中文：

书名：JavaScript on Things: Hacking hardware for web developers

Summary

JavaScript on Things 是您进入小型电子产品编程的激动人心和彻头彻尾的娱乐世界的第一步。如果你知道足够多的Java脚本来黑进一个网站，你就会让事情变得比你说出的节点机器人还快。

购买纸质书包括从Manning Publications购买PDF、Kindle和ePub格式的免费电子书。

About the Technology

你准备好让事情向前发展了吗？如果你能构建一个Web应用程序，你就可以创建机器人、气象站和其他时髦的小玩意！在这个非常有趣的、基于项目的指南中， 莱扎·丹吉尔·加德纳 带你踏上一段令人难以置信的旅程，从你的第一个闪烁的LED，到大气传感器，机动漫游车，蓝牙门铃，等等。有了JavaScript，一些易于获得的硬件，以及一点创造力，你很快就会发出哔哔、旋转和发光的声音。

关于这本书

JavaScript on Things 介绍编程小型电子产品的激动人心的世界！你将立即开始构建东西，从Arduino上基本的眨眼开始。这本图文并茂的动手书籍介绍了像Johnny-Five这样的JavaScript工具包，以及包括Raspberry Pi、Tessel和Beaglebone在内的平台。随着您构建一个又一个有趣的项目，您将学习如何连接传感器、连接电机、传输数据和处理用户输入。因此，请注意：一旦你开始，你就不会想要停止。

What’s Inside

• Controlling hardware with JavaScripti
• 设计和组装机器人和小工具
• A crash course in electronics
• 十几个实际操作的项目！

关于《读者》

是为具有中等JavaScript和Node.js技能的读者编写的。不需要有电子产品的经验。

关于作者

莱扎·丹吉尔·加德纳 已经做了20多年的网络开发人员。她是Nodebots社区的一员，也是Johnny-Five Node.js图书馆的贡献者。

目录表

第1部分JAVASCRIPTER硬件简介
Chapter 1. Bringing Javascript And Hardware Together
与Arduino一起开始硬件的章节
Chapter How To Build Circuits

第2部分项目基础：与Johnny-Five的输入和输出
Chapter 1. Sensors And Input
章节输出：让事情发生
章节输出：让事物移动

第三部分：更复杂的项目
第1章：串口通信
Chapter Projects Without Wires
章节打造你自己的东西

第4部分&#8211；在其他环境中使用Java和硬件
第1章.Java脚本和受限硬件
Chapter 2. Building With Node.Js And Tiny Computers
第3章.在云中、在浏览器中以及在更远的地方