Full Stack Web Development with Raspberry Pi 3

Key Features

• Leverage JavaScript, HTML5, and Cloud APIs to create visual representations and interactive web pages.
• Learn to install and use a Node.js-based web framework to develop Raspberry Pi 3-powered web applications.
• A step-by-step guide that will cover from setting up a embedded system to developing embedded, device-powered interactive web applications.

Book Description

Modern web technology and portable computing together have enabled huge advances in the Internet of Things (IoT) space,as well as in areas such as machine learning and big data. The Raspberry Pi is a very popular portable computer for running full stack web applications. This book will empower you to master this rapidly evolving technology to develop complex web applications and interfaces.

This book starts by familiarizing you with the various components that make up the web development stack and that will integrate into your Raspberry Pi-powered web applications. It also introduces the Raspberry Pi computer and teach you how to get up and running with a brand new one. Next, this book introduces you to the different kinds of sensor you’ll use to make your applications; using these skills, you will be able to create full stack web applications and make them available to users via a web interface. Later, this book will also teach you how to build interactive web applications using JavaScript and HTML5 for the visual representation of sensor data. Finally, this book will teach you how to use a SQLite database to store and retrieve sensor data from multiple Raspberry Pi computers.

By the end of this book you will be able to create complex full stack web applications on the Raspberry Pi 3 and will have improved your application’s performance and usability.

What you will learn

• Get up and running with your Raspberry Pi
• Go full stack! Learn about the end-to-end development process for web applications, right from the OS up to the actual HTML web interface
• Discover that JavaScript is one of the fastest growing languages today, and is the only language that can be used both on a browser and server. This book will empower you to develop in a complete JavaScript stack
• See that the IoT is everywhere!Connect your application to the outside world. Make use of sensors in your Raspberry Pi to give your application an edge, and unleash the full power of the Internet of Things
• Build a rich UI with beautiful charts and data visualizations that can run on any browser
• Make your software data-driven. Learn how to utilize SQLite to collect and analyze data from multiple systems

About the Author

Soham Kamani is a full-stack developer who has extensive experience in the JavaScript ecosystem. He works as a consultant, developing end-to-end web-based solutions for clients around the world. He is an open source enthusiast and an avid blogger. He has worked on many frameworks and technologies such as React, Angular, Node, Express, Sails, SQLite, Postgres, and MySQL, and he has worked on many projects in the IoT space using Arduino and Raspberry Pi systems.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Getting Started on the Raspberry Pi
Chapter 2. Getting Up-and-Running with Web Development on the Raspberry Pi
Chapter 3. Running a Node Server on the Pi
Chapter 4. Extracting Information from the GPIO Pins
Chapter 5. Retrieving Sensor Readings from the Server
Chapter 6. Creating a Web Page to Display Sensor Data
Chapter 7. Enhancing Our UI – Using Interactive Charts
Chapter 8. SQLite – The Fast and Portable Database
Chapter 9. Integrating SQLite into Our Application
Chapter 10. Making our Application Real Time with Web Sockets
Chapter 11. Deploying our application to Firebase
Chapter 12. Using Firebase APIs to Update Our Application