Chapter 2. Hello, World Wide Web of Things
This chapter covers
- A sneak peek at the different levels of the Web of Things architecture
- Accessing devices with HTTP, URLs, WebSockets, and browsers
- Working with REST APIs to consume JSON data
- Learning about the notion of web semantics
- Creating your first physical mashup
Before we dive head first into the Web of Things architecture and show how to implement it from scratch, we want to give you a taste of what the Web of Things looks like. This chapter is structured as a set of exercises where you’ll build tiny web applications that use data generated by a real device. Each exercise will be a smooth introduction to the many problems and technical issues that you’ll face when building web-connected ...
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