Web interface
To control your IoT device, you will need some sort of interface that can either be a website, smartphone app, or desktop app. Many smart home devices are shipped with their own app that allows you to control the device remotely, change its settings, or check its sensor values even when you are on the road. With recent developments in frontend tooling, it is now easier than ever to create web applications, desktop apps, or mobile apps using web technologies. If you are comfortable using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, you can use one of the available frameworks to bundle a normal website as a smartphone app, a desktop app, or both. Using a third-party service as a data store, such as those we talked about before, this can be done ...
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