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====== Lua ====== | ====== Lua ====== | ||
- | There are 2 "branches:" of Lua now for ESP8266, and both are now open source. Confusingly, both use the word Node in their name - NodeLua and NodeMcu! | + | There are 2 "branches:" of Lua now for ESP8266, and both are now open source. Confusingly, both use the word Node in their name -- NodeMCU and NodeLua. |
As [[http://lua.org|lua.org]] says, Lua is a powerful, fast, lightweight, embeddable scripting language. Lua combines simple procedural syntax with powerful data description constructs based on associative arrays and extensible semantics. | As [[http://lua.org|lua.org]] says, Lua is a powerful, fast, lightweight, embeddable scripting language. Lua combines simple procedural syntax with powerful data description constructs based on associative arrays and extensible semantics. | ||
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===== NodeMCU ===== | ===== NodeMCU ===== | ||
- | * [[NodeMCU]] - Initially this was closed source, but was released to open-source in October 2014. This firmware is based on the [[http://www.eluaproject.net/overview|eLua]] platform and migrated to the ESP8266 and SDK.It is under active development by esp8266 open source community. It helps you to prototype your IOT product within a few Lua script lines. | + | * [[NodeMCU]] - Initially this was closed source, but was released to open-source in October 2014. This firmware is based on the [[http://www.eluaproject.net/overview|eLua]] platform and migrated to the ESP8266 and SDK. It is under active development by esp8266 open source community. It helps you to prototype your IOT product within a few Lua script lines. |
===== NodeLua ===== | ===== NodeLua ===== | ||
+ | * This project is now moribund with the last updates in December 2014. | ||
* [[NodeLua]] - A open source firmware runs Lua code on ESP8266, written by Harold L. | * [[NodeLua]] - A open source firmware runs Lua code on ESP8266, written by Harold L. | ||
* [[NodeLua WebIDE]] - A pure web-based tool works with [[NodeLua]] for Lua programming and run codes on ESP8266 over-the-air. | * [[NodeLua WebIDE]] - A pure web-based tool works with [[NodeLua]] for Lua programming and run codes on ESP8266 over-the-air. | ||
- | * This project is now moribund with the last updates over 6 months ago. | ||