Chapter 5: Implementing Node-RED Locally
In this chapter, let's use the standalone version of Node-RED. Node-RED consists of a development environment, an execution environment, and the application itself. You can understand the mechanism by using the standalone version that runs in the local environment.
Specifically, the most common reason for starting the standalone version of Node-RED is when using it on an IoT edge device. IoT edge devices have sensors that are usually applied to the "Things" part of the "Internet of Things." In this chapter, we will look at the sensing data within the edge device and create a sample flow.
Let's get started with the following four topics:
- Running Node-RED on a local machine
- Using the standalone version of Node-RED
- Using IoT on edge devices
- Making a sample flow
By the end of this chapter, you will have learned how to build a flow for handling sensor data on IoT devices.
