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- Sat Jun 20, 2015 1:41 pm #21035 after couple hours of working with LuaLoader I started screaming in rage an wrote my own application in python.
https://github.com/md5crypt/nodemcu.py

the python script can

send and read data to and from the device
paste command seq. from clipboard
paste any file (binary) to the device filesystem from clipboard
has a working command history and arrow keys
and it has shorter delays between sending lines then LuaLoader

- Sat Jun 20, 2015 8:52 pm #21069 You are about 3-4 in the Q to my knowledge. Maybe yours might be best of breed.

Please see my Developer FAQ for Q&A on nodeMCU Lua before asking a question here that's already been answered. This and the other official documentation should be your first reference for developing Lua Apps

- Sun Jun 21, 2015 4:05 pm #21138 ok, the command list got a little bigger, now it supports cross-compiling lua.

Code: Select all:uart [boudrate]          - dynamic boudrate change
:load src                 - evaluate file content
:file dst src             - write local file src to dst
:paste [file]             - execute clipboard content
                            or write it to file if given
:cross-compile dst [file] - compile file or clipboard using
                            luac-cross and save to dst
:soft-compile dst [file]  - compile file or clipboard on device
                            and save do dst. This call can handle
                            lager files than file.compile
<other>                   - send line to device


you can include ":" commands in pasted and loaded data. This way you can write a single script to fully program the device.

- Sun Jun 21, 2015 4:35 pm #21144 running node.compile on the ESP8266 or using the -s option to strip the debug drops the code footprint by ~40%

Please see my Developer FAQ for Q&A on nodeMCU Lua before asking a question here that's already been answered. This and the other official documentation should be your first reference for developing Lua Apps