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1. (as we know it)
The End of
Web Development
Jon McKay Kelsey Breseman

2. The internet
is really big
(8.1 billion devices)

4. It’s about to
get much
bigger
(est. 40 billion “devices” by 2020)

6. Increased
Awareness
(sensing)

7. Retail Industry Product
Cities SelfEnvironment Home

8. Unparalleled
Control
(actuating)

9. Internet of Things
Pervasive Computing
Ambient Intelligence

10. Internet of Things
Pervasive Computing
Ambient Intelligence
Internet of Everything
Cisco

14. But hasn’t this
idea been around
for 15 years?

15. electrical engineering
tools really suck

16. SRSLY

17. Connecting to the
internet is expensive

18. Hardware doesn’t have
much open sourcery

19. But those problems are
tiny
compared to this
behemoth:

20. The Internet of Things
will be created by the
people who know the
Internet best.

21. that’s you
entrepreneurial. open. innovative.
lean. hungry.

23. Jon
Jia
Tim

24. Lifegraphlabs.com

25. Kelsey
Eric

26. Q: How do you teach
web developers about
hardware?

27. A: You don’t.
You teach hardware
about web developers.

28. > git push heroku master
> tessel push tessel.js

29. Built-in WiFi
Package Manager
Node.js Solderless
JavaScript
Remote
Mobile

30. “So how do we make a
low-power, credit card-
sized Node.js server?”
June 2013
“...In 100 days... ...with $20k”

31. web-optimized hardware
+
code Tim wrote 2 years ago

32. CC3000 WiFi Chip
Constant Connection
Remote Deployment
Mobile Friendly
Hardware

33. CC3000 WiFi Chip
Constant Connection
Remote Deployment
Mobile Friendly
32MB of Flash & RAM
JavaScript-powered
Node.js compatible
Hardware

34. CC3000 WiFi Chip
Constant Connection
Remote Deployment
Mobile Friendly
32MB of Flash & RAM
JavaScript-powered
Node.js compatible
Cortex M Processor
Because computer
Hardware

35. CC3000 WiFi Chip
Constant Connection
Remote Deployment
Mobile Friendly
32MB of Flash & RAM
JavaScript-powered
Node.js compatible
Cortex M Processor
Because computer
Horizontal Module Header
Plug n Play Capabilities
Hardware

36. Software
JavaScript file
Current Design
g-zipped Lua
File
local computer
Lua Interpreter
Tessel

37. Oh So Slow.

38. Software
JavaScript file
Fancy, New Design!
Compile JS to
Lua bytecode
local computer
LuaJIT-based
Custom RTOS
Tessel

39. No Installing Linux
No Reinstalling Linux
No Managing Dependencies
Just Writing Code
No Configuring Linux

40. >npm install tessel -g

41. >npm install tessel -g
hardware

42. Demo Time!
(fingers crossed)

43. If the demo failed:

44. obligatory blinky light

45. plug & chug
node package name

46. event driven acceleration

47. use existing http libs

49. + + = fitbit

50. + + = fitbit
+ = nest

51. + + = fitbit
+ = nest
+ + = august

52. Web Development
isn’t just about
making websites
anymore.

53. Web Development is
about making
new
experiences

54. thanks!thanks!

55. Jon McKay
@jonmckay
tessel.io

56. thanks!Questions?