Control your home using only Javascript

How to use React, Node.js and Espruino on ESP8266 to build some smart home components

NodeMCU, the base component of my Smart Home

In the last 2 months I spent some nights creating a smart home architecture, based exclusively on Javascript.

Why? There are already plenty of solutions on the internet.

Two main reasons:

• Price: I didn’t want to spend >40$ for a single smart switch. I should be able to make my home intelligent with less than 10$ for every component.
• Know your code: after some IoT scandals I wanted to know exactly what every component is doing in every moment. That’s also the reason why I published everything on my Github account.

The project (that I called Aurora) is based on:

• React + Redux for the Front-End
• Node.JS for the Back-End
• Espruino for the components (based on ESP8266)

As you can see, there are three main components in this architecture:

Progressive Web App