Language Matters: JavaScript from IoT Product Concept to Production
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The document discusses the role of JavaScript in the development of Internet of Things (IoT) products, highlighting its advantages for developers, including faster coding and more reliable outputs. It emphasizes the importance of iteration in the prototyping process, the integration of various hardware and software elements, and the significance of JavaScript 6th edition in creating reliable devices. Additionally, it addresses the limitations of existing frameworks for IoT and introduces Kinoma's open-source platform designed for efficient development in this space.
Language Matters: JavaScript from IoT Product Concept to Production
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- 4. Expand the Developer Pool Improve Outcomes for Existing Developers TwoGoals Web Front-End Developers Product Designers @kinoma Processing Developers Native Language Developers Node.js & Python Developers
- 5. Tools: Low-Level Languages & Bare Dev Boards Process: Waterfall Method TwoHurdles @kinoma Verification Maintenance Requirements Product requirements document Design Software architecture Implementation Software
- 6. TwoSolutions Tools: JavaScript and Beautiful Prototyping Hardware Process: Iteration at Every Step @kinoma
- 7. ITERATE ITERATE ITERATE MakingIt:TheOld(Current)Way Ship it! Get funding Prototype on Arduino (Processing) Prototype on BeagleBone/Raspberry Pi (Interpreted languages) Prove concept Abandon all progress Learn that platform isn’t production-ready Learn native language Re-build it all on target platform A YEAR LATER @kinoma
- 8. ITERATE ITERATE ITERATE MakingIt:TheOld(Current)Way Ship it! Get funding Prototype on Arduino (Processing) Prototype on BeagleBone/Raspberry Pi (Interpreted languages) Prove concept Abandon all progress Learn that platform isn’t production-ready Learn native language Re-build it all on target platform A YEAR LATER The Chasm of Despair @kinoma
- 9. WeShouldBeDoingBetter DESIGN PROTOTYPE TEST ITERATE 1.SoftwareSimulation 2.HardwareSimulation 3.PrototypingHardware 4.CustomHardware DESIGN PROTOTYPE TEST ITERATE DESIGN PROTOTYPE TEST ITERATE DESIGN PROTOTYPE TEST ITERATE @kinoma
- 10. • Preserve progress between prototypes - Application code - I/O libraries - Look & feel • Saving time allows you to focus on - Industrial design - Companion app - User testing - Community building Don’tRe-Engineer;ExpandPriorities - Crowdfunding campaign management - Investor relations - Building a brand @kinoma
- 11. IoT’sDiversityMakesTraditional SoftwareDevelopmentImpractical • network connectivity • cloud services • sensors • power requirements • business rules • security Different @kinoma
- 12. • be updated • implement new features • support the latest mobile companion app • connect to new cloud services • fix security problems They must @kinoma IoTProductsareNotStatic
- 13. Web (Desktop) Mobile (Apps and Web) Server Embedded JavaScript’sFrontierLefttoConquer @kinoma
- 14. We are preaching the religion of JavaScript for embedded and Internet of Things development • Performance • Memory • User scripting • Familiar syntax • JavaScript coders build cool stuff fast JavaScriptMakesIoTDevelopmentUsable @kinoma
- 15. JavaScriptastheLanguageofIoT • programmers work faster • produce more reliable code • it’s trivial to connect to the cloud and other devices • reading and writing JSON messages is built in With JavaScript @kinoma
- 16. ES6 contains more than 400 individual changes to: • make the language more concise • improve performance • integrate support for modules The addition of modules to the language is fundamental to architecting reliable, long running devices, making JavaScript 6th Edition the right foundation for connecting IoT products. JavaScript6thEditionforIoT @kinoma
- 17. PopularFrameworksAren’tIoTReady • Browser-based solutions: Too heavy for IoT devices • Node.js: Server solution being shoehorned into the embedded space • Qt: Designed for desktop, too much of a catch-all of features • Lua: Less popular than assembly and COBOL, so difficult to find talent and no significant ecosystem @kinoma
- 18. Available as open source since March 2015. Customers benefit from the flexibility and stability that open source offers. The first application framework optimized for IoT that speaks the language of the web. Code hardware projects using familiar JavaScript. Kinoma’s implementation of JavaScript 6th Edition is the smallest, the most complete today, and fast. KinomaJS @kinoma
- 19. @kinoma KinomaJS Render digital media • Photos • Music • Video Manage the hardware • Power • Sensors • Schedulers Operate the user interface • Buttons • Lights • Screens Coordinate communication • Network • Devices • Cloud
- 21. Kinoma’sIoTProductDesignHardware Customizable products for prototypers: • integrate professional-grade hardware • use the open source KinomaJS application framework with JavaScript 6th Edition for app development • use the same pro-developer tools, making prototyping efficient across product teams @kinoma
- 23. Kinoma Create @kinoma BothDelicateandIntimidating • No Wi-Fi • No case • No battery • No screen • No onboard apps
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- 30. • Bring most any sensor • Connect to most any cloud • Use most any protocol • Open for developers to expand • PCB designs • 3D design files for case • KinomaJS software • All on GitHub with permissive open source licenses Opensensor.Opencloud.Opentoexpand. @kinoma