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Node-RED tooling

About Node-RED​

Node-RED is a low-code, flow-based programming tool for wiring together hardware devices, APIs, and online services.

Use cases examples for Node-RED

Good use cases:

  • Home automation: Node-RED can be used to easily create flows that connect and control various smart home devices, such as lights, thermostats, and security cameras.
  • IoT data processing: Node-RED can be used to process and analyze data from IoT devices, such as temperature sensors, and trigger actions based on that data.
  • Prototyping and experimentation: Node-RED's low-code, flow-based approach makes it an ideal tool for quickly prototyping and experimenting with different ideas and workflows.
  • Integration of systems and services: Node-RED can be used to integrate different systems and services, such as email, SMS, and social media, and automate the flow of data between them.

Bad use cases:

  • Large-scale, enterprise applications: Node-RED is not designed to handle the complexity and scalability requirements of large-scale, enterprise applications. It is more suited for small to medium-sized projects.
  • Real-time systems: While Node-RED can handle real-time data, it is not optimized for it, and other tools might be more appropriate for real-time systems with high performance requirements.
  • Data-intensive applications: Node-RED is not designed to handle large amounts of data, and other tools might be more appropriate for data-intensive applications.
  • Mission-critical systems: Node-RED is not recommended for use in mission-critical systems where high availability and fault-tolerance are required, as it is built on top of JavaScript and Node.js, which are not designed for high availability.

Library​

Simplicité's library of nodes is available on this GitHub repository. It is presently a proof of concept with three nodes:

  • simplicite-config: configure the connection to the Simplicité instance
  • simplicite-session: triggers authentication to fetch auth token
  • simplicite-object: CRUD operations on Simplicité Business Objects

An basic example project is also available on GitHub.

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