The document discusses the advantages of using Node.js as a bridge for Internet of Things (IoT) applications, emphasizing its scalability, efficiency, and strong developer community. It highlights various applications in IoT, including ibeacons, smart home devices, and snow plow management, showcasing how Node.js can facilitate real-time data handling and API-first architectures. The presentation also outlines Progress Software's products and their integration capabilities with IoT technology.

1. Node.js as an IOT Bridge
Eduardo Pelegri-Llopart
Vice President, Technology
Progress Software
pelegri@progress.com / @pelegri

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Agenda
Progress
Why Progress cares about IOT
Why Node.js
iBeacons and Philips Hues
Snow Plows

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Progress Products
Progress OpenEdge
•RDBM, Multi-Tenant DB with 4GL Language (ABL)
•First commercial release in 1984; latest release 11.3
•ERP, CRM, back-end systems.
•Many Faithful ISV and end users
Rollbase – Object-based Productivity Platform (akin to Force.com)
Rollbase Mobile – Apache Cordova-based Mobile Platform
Corticon – Decision Service / Business Rules
Modulus – Node.js and MongoDB Platform
All w/ Flexible Deployment: Public Cloud, Private Cloud, On-Premises

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Computing Tomorrow
Today!

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Many IoT Applications
Beacons, (indoor) Location Based Services
Payments
Home / Office Automation
Smart Buildings
Industry Automation
Wearables – Secondary Notifications & Health / Fitness
Connected Cars
Smart Cities
….
Very fast moving space Brought to you by the economy of scale of mobile devices

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Some Progress Partners
DMSi
GMT Macintosh Jungle Lasers

8. So… How Can I Build These Apps?

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Node.js = V8 + libuv (+ xtras) + Community (NPM)
A JavaScript Runtime to run outside of the browser
Builds on the Javascript V8 engine and libuv library for async IO
Highly Efficient
Highly Portable
Event-Driven
Built-in package manager (NPM)

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Why Are JavaScript & Node Growing So Fast?
Why JavaScript?
Virtually all developers know it Widest developer footprint of any language
Easy to learn, productive Even business users learn it fast
Used for everything Browser, Server-side, Mobile, Wearables, IoT
Used at all levels of the stack Frontend, middleware and backend DB
Maximizes developer collaboration All developers can contribute everywhere
Why Node?
Event-based model, highly scalable Great for data-intensive, real-time apps
Web API Focused Very good fit for API-first architectures
Extremely efficient Requires few computational resources
Incredible Community and Ecosystem Over 97,000 packages
Fast and easy setup Passes the 5 minute test

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11 Why Is Node a Great Match for IoT
Why JavaScript?
Virtually all developers know it Widest developer footprint of any language
Easy to learn, productive Even business users learn it fast
Used for everything Browser, Server-side, Mobile, Wearables, IoT
Used at all levels of the stack Frontend, middleware and backend DB
Maximizes developer collaboration All developers can contribute everywhere
Why Node?
Event-based model, highly scalable Great for data-intensive, real-time apps
Web API Focused Very good fit for API-first architectures
Extremely efficient Requires few computational resources
Incredible Community and Ecosystem Over 97,000 packages
Fast and easy setup Passes the 5 minute test

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Roll Call

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iBeacons and Philips Hue
Apple iBeacon – notification protocol on BLE
•Signal 2/s – 10/s, 3-6months/2years battery
•Power (proximity) and UID (identity)
•Point-to-Point, no pairing, 50 meters
•Indoor microlocation, retail, etc…
Philips Hue
•Ethernet/IP (Bridge) + Zigbee/Mesh (Bulb)
•AC power
•REST interface (to bridge)
•Home automation

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Roll Call Sample
Use iBeacons to detect presence in some space
Record this in our servers
Act on this by manipulating some smart lights
For extra credit smart lights are behind firewall

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Mongoose
BLE/iBeacon
iOS
Web Node
MongoDB
POST request
Express
Roll Call and Node.js
Hue Bridge
Local Node Server Modulus Node Server iOS App
Bulb
Bulb
Bulb
Firewall

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Tracking and Managing Snow Plows … With Rollbase
Snow Plows (et al) have GPS unit
Based on Jungle Lasers’ App
Goals
Efficiently Managing GPS Stream Data
Exposing data to Rollbase

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End-to-End: Snow Plow / Geo Data Example Location-viewer
Rollbase App Dashboards
Modulus
JSDO Remote Objects
AngularJS SPA App
Municipality Data
Rollbase Mobile
GPS Data
Node and MongoDB
OEM Data (emergencies)
Current Data Historical Data
Hospital Patients (e.g. dialysis)

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jsdo-node – JDSO Remoting into Node.js Layer
Rollbase App
Node.js Layer
Node JSDO server objects
Any JSDO Client

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Snow Plow DEMO

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What Else?

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What Else Can We Do with Node? Samples at http://github.com/progress
Corticon 5.4 REST Interface
Node.js Layer
POST / JSON
AngularJS SPA
Rollbase
Node.js Layer
Invoke REST
AngularJS SPA
Socket.io or REST
Rollbase Mobile
Angular
Node
OpenEdge
REST
JSDO
Thanks to David Inglis, Keegan Mendonca and Reeti Banthia, and Jungle Lasers http://dcinglis.wordpress.com & http://mendoncakeegan.wordpress.com