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Internet of Things with ESP8266

You're reading from   Internet of Things with ESP8266 Build amazing Internet of Things projects using the ESP8266 Wi-Fi chip

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786468024
Length 226 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Marco Schwartz Marco Schwartz
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Started with the ESP8266 2. First Projects with the ESP8266 FREE CHAPTER 3. Cloud Data Logging with the ESP8266 4. Control Devices from Anywhere 5. Interacting With Web Services 6. Machine-to-Machine Communications 7. Sending Notifications from the ESP8266 8. Controlling a Door Lock from the Cloud 9. Building a Physical Bitcoin Ticker 10. Wireless Gardening with the ESP8266 11. Cloud-Based Home Automation System 12. Cloud-Controlled ESP8266 Robot 13. Building Your Own Cloud Platform to Control ESP8266 Devices Index

The aREST cloud server code

It's now time to actually deploy an application on the server that you just created. As the software for your cloud server, we are going to use the aREST cloud server that we have already used before.

It is completely free and open source, and you can get the latest version of the software from here:

https://github.com/marcoschwartz/meteor-aREST-mqtt

For now, simply copy all the files from this repository and put them inside any folder on your computer.

Note

This application actually uses the Meteor framework, which is a complete framework based on JavaScript and Node.js and can be used to create powerful web applications.

If it's not been done yet, install Meteor on your computer by going to:

https://www.meteor.com/install

Now, let's have a quick overview of the code of the aREST cloud server. The code is quite complicated, but I just wanted to highlight some parts here so you understand how it works.

Whenever a device connects to the server, the software...

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