RAD memo 2018-01-01

2018-01-01

• Notes on what could be used to create a PoC in a limited amount of time, such as at a hackathon.

• ngrok - secure introspectable tunnels to localhost

  • noelportugal/google-home-notifier: Send notifications to Google Home used in
  • Set up a server locally and make it accessible from the outside.
  • If it were just a web service, we would say, "Why don't you just deploy it on an appropriate external server?" But it is useful, for example, when considering IoT devices connected to the local network.
  • ngrok

• Google Home Notifier

  • noelportugal/google-home-notifier: Send notifications to Google Home
  • I was able to make Google Home Mini speak Japanese.
  • trap
    • Installing node.js with apt-get fails on npm install because it is old
      • Official installation instructions
    • dns_sd.h missing

      • sudo apt-get install libavahi-compat-libdnssd-dev

    • Installed in local folder node_modules when not doing npm install -g
    • google-home-notifier itself is not installed. It's requiring the file itself by relative reference.

      • var googlehome = require('./google-home-notifier');

    • Methods that specify ip have no lang argument, so passing the language as the second argument is ignored and the method remains in English mode
      • Modified google-home-notifier side to take arguments

• IFTTT Webhooks service

  • What used to be called the Maker Channel Introducing the Maker Channel

    • The Maker Channel has been renamed — it's now the Webhooks service!

• Firebase

  • Firebase is Google's mobile platform that helps you quickly develop high-quality apps and grow your business.

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