JSFoo 2012
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Rakesh Pai
@rakeshpai
Having a finger in the Pi
Submitted Sep 5, 2012
Section:
JavaScript Everywhere
Technical level:
Beginner
Session type:
Demo
Showcase the awesomeness of programming the real world with JavaScript. Make real things move, be aware of their surroundings, and react, all with JS. Real things, like cars!
Outline
The Raspberry Pi is awesome. It runs Linux. Linux is awesome. Linux runs node.
The Raspberry Pi has pins which you can connect external hardware to. You can then program said hardware. With node!
The Raspberry Pi is credit-card sized. It’s compact enough to be mounted on aforementioned hardware. Said hardware can have wheels. Ergo, node on wheels!
Watch me ssh into a robot, and control it from a node REPL. Even expose a web-server running straight from the robot’s heart. Web sockets? Why not! All (almost) purely in JavaScript!
If I can get it ready in time, watch the robot get sentient! Within the three laws of robotics, of course. Mostly.
PS: All this code is open source! Fork away!
Requirements
Curiosity.
Some understanding of Linux and hardware will be a huge win, but not necessary. I’ll buy the beers later if we have a great hardware conversation.
Speaker bio
Catches JS errors for a living. (Founder: http://errorception.com/)
Fascinated by JS robots (https://github.com/rakeshpai/pi-gpio). Helping them take over the world, one semi-colon at a time.
10 years of writing JavaScript (was doing it before it was cool). Gawd, I feel so old!
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