Smart Home Lighting App

Usage

• to run the lighting server, you will first need to install Node.js

• to develop with the app:

  • $ npm install to install all dependencies
  • $ npm run backend to test/develop for the Node.js backend
  • $ npm run frontend to test/develop for the React frontend

• for serving in production:

  • $ npm run build to build the frontend into a static site
  • use a process manager such as pm2 to serve the app
  • with pm2:
    • $ npm install pm2 -g
    • $ pm2 start app.js

Features

Version 2.0 (Fall 2018):

• live status of the lights
• dark mode
• a refreshed UI
• under-the-hood updates to React and ES6

Version 1.0 (Spring 2016):

• Written for Node.js
• Uses socket.io for real-time updates
• Responsive frontend interface
• Integrated with the CLIPSAL lighting controllers in the Duke Smart Home
  • Uses the CLISPAL C-Bus Serial Interface