How to setup sensefull Environment

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Hi everbody, i am new to developing with node.js and creating pimatic-plugins. I am wondering how a sensefull development environment for my plugin would look like.

On the development-pages of the pimatic website it is suggested to develop with a mac or linux system with enough “power” and not to develop on the raspberry pi itself. I am doing an i2c plugin which adresses the gpio-interface of the raspberry pi. I have to send a few i2c commands and to debug this code right now. But install and uninstall processes run very very slow on the raspberry pi. But if i would develop on a linux which has no gpio-interface, there would be a lot of errors, right? So what can i do to develop more efficiently? Especially the “make: leaving directory” takes a lot time.

Another question: do i have to reinstall (uninstall then install again) my plugin each time when i changed something in my plugin-code?

Thanks in advance!!!

Any good node.js tutorial?

@temp I don’t understand how a general node.js tutorial could inform me about my problem.

@pinacolada547 I am adding only one questions to your questions. I 'm looking for a good nee.js tutorial to learn it because I am not able to add a benefit for this project but I have a lot of good ideas.

@temp said in How to setup sensefull Environment:

Any good node.js tutorial?

See the docs, https://pimatic.teamemo.com/Development/Requirements-Readings

@pinacolada547 said in How to setup sensefull Environment:

On the development-pages of the pimatic website it is suggested to develop with a mac or linux system with enough “power” and not to develop on the raspberry pi itself. I am doing an i2c plugin which adresses the gpio-interface of the raspberry pi. I have to send a few i2c commands and to debug this code right now. But install and uninstall processes run very very slow on the raspberry pi.

My 2 cents:

• Use Raspi 2 or 3 which should be fast enough for a decent development setup - no installation is required as part of the developement cycle

OR

• Use Rsync, Scp, or alike to copy files from your Development Host to the Raspi. On the both systems you’ll have a pimatic development setup and basically just copy of over all the stuff below pimatic/node_modules/pimatic-your-plugin.

Another question: do i have to reinstall (uninstall then install again) my plugin each time when i changed something in my plugin-code?

No. Please read the development doc carefully. You just need to locally install package dependencies once or when they change. Make sure to keep you package.json tidy.

@temp said in How to setup sensefull Environment:

because I am not able to add a benefit for this project but I have a lot of good ideas.

that’s not true ! every active user here at our community is a great and helpful benefit