This video is a walkthrough on how to use RedConnect a managed hosted Node-RED environment. We will create an account, explore the admin panel and create our first RedConnect app. Lets get started. For any questions please contact me @stephenkeep on twitter or email us at admin@redconnect.io. Next Lesson In the…

This is lesson two in the series if you have not read it already then checkout the “How to use Node-RED” During this lesson we are going to break down a flow into its sub-components and dissect what is happening as an information packet (IP) is sent along the flow…

During this lesson we are going to take a tour of the Node-RED editor and introduce you to some of the terminology used to describe the components. When you complete this lesson you will know your way around the editor when building your app. Nodes Firstly, let’s look at nodes. Nodes…

When programming object oriented code there are many design patterns that you can reuse to solve commonly occurring problems. Some of these patterns might include the singleton, Mediator or Factory patterns. When using RedConnect and Node-RED there is a number of patterns that can be reused. …

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I love apps. I have been building apps since 2008. Back then I really did not know what I was doing. My first app was a single table with a navigation bar along the top. Over the last 7 years things have really moved on, we understand how best to…

This is a maintained list of chatbot links to help those who want to start developing their own chatbots. If you have anymore useful links then please leave them in the comments below. Official Chat Platforms Slack — Chat for teams Telegram — WhatsApp competitor Twitter — errm… Twitter AI Watson (AI) — Free…

Mobile Backend as a Service (MBaaS) has been around since 2011. Its purpose was to solve specific mobile developers problems such as cloud based data storage, user authentication and push notifications. …