PixelServer

An IoT interactive pixel wall implementation

This project is an implementation of an LED wall controlled through the internet with the use of node, vue.js, johnny-five.js, and a microcontroller. This repository is the server side code that handles the communication between the LED wall and the users through socket.io. For the code handling the hardware implementation, please go here.

Installing / Getting started

Everything is managed by npm. Simply initialize with the following:

npm install

Once everything is installed, run the server with:

node index.js

Run as Docker

docker build  -t rianders/pixelserver .
docker run -p 8080:3000  -d rianders/pixelserver
docker ps
docker logs <container id>
docker exec -it <container id>   /bin/bash

Developing

If working on front-end code (files under public directory) then run the following:

npm run-script build

This will allow webpack to build those files so they can be usable, but also runs an active watch on the same files in order to build them again whenever any changes to these files occur. The built files can be found under the dist directory.

Built With

Node.js version 6.11.1 Express version ^4.15.4 Socket.io version ^2.0.3

Tests

TO DO

To run the tests simply type the following:

npm test

Tests can be found in ./tests/ and are built on mocha and chai.

Licensing

This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0. For a copy of this license please go here.