IoT Development for ESP32 and ESP8266 with JavaScript: A Practical Guide to XS and the Moddable SDK

© Peter Hoddie and Lizzie Prader 2020

P. Hoddie, L. PraderIoT Development for ESP32 and ESP8266 with JavaScripthttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5070-9_2

2. JavaScript for Embedded C and C++ Programmers

Peter Hoddie¹  and Lizzie Prader¹

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Menlo Park, CA, USA

 

This chapter is a fast-paced, practical introduction to JavaScript for developers who are already familiar with C or C++. It assumes that you already know how to program and, perhaps, have some development experience with embedded systems. The JavaScript language introduced here is exactly the same language that’s used on the web. But since the focus here is on embedded systems rather than web browsers, this chapter addresses some aspects of JavaScript that are seldom used by developers working ...