{"product_id":"javascript-on-things-lyza-danger-gardner-9781617293863","title":"JavaScript on Things","description":"Summary\nJavaScript 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.\"\nPurchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.\nAbout the Technology\nAre 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.\nAbout the Book\nJavaScript 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.\nWhat's Inside\nControlling hardware with JavaScripti\nDesigning and assembling robots and gadgets\nA crash course in electronics\nOver a dozen hands-on projects!\nAbout the Reader\nWritten for readers with intermediate JavaScript and Node.js skills. No experience with electronics required.\nAbout the Author\nLyza 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.\nTable of Contents\nPART 1 - A JAVASCRIPTER'S INTRODUCTION TO HARDWARE\nBringing JavaScript and hardware together \nEmbarking on hardware with Arduino \nHow to build circuits \nPART 2 - PROJECT BASICS: INPUT AND OUTPUT WITH JOHNNY-FIVE \nSensors and input \nOutput: making things happen \nOutput: making things move \nPART 3 - MORE SOPHISTICATED PROJECTS \nSerial communication \nProjects without wires \nBuilding your own thing\nPART 4 - USING JAVASCRIPT WITH HARDWARE IN OTHER ENVIRONMENTS \nJavaScript and constrained hardware \nBuilding with Node.js and tiny computers \nIn the cloud, in the browser, and beyond","brand":"Manning Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67583283331360,"sku":"9781617293863","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781617293863_1606434.jpg?v=1790494037","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/javascript-on-things-lyza-danger-gardner-9781617293863","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}