I'm working on an IRC bot written in Lua for the ESP8266. Currently it only does google searches and says where to find it's source code. It's in #esp8266 on freenode if you want to check it out. The source is here: https://github.com/Ivoah/ESP8266-IRC-bot
I notice that it's written in Lua; is that standard for ESP8266 programs? Would you not be able to fit much more featureful programs using C or C++?
KermMartian wrote:
I notice that it's written in Lua; is that standard for ESP8266 programs? Would you not be able to fit much more featureful programs using C or C++?
ESP8266 isn't a standalone device, so it is a matter of what the microcontroller/etc. uses and what the programmer is comfortable with.
EDIT: Apparently it's smarter than I thought it was. Whoops.
CVSoft wrote:
KermMartian wrote:
I notice that it's written in Lua; is that standard for ESP8266 programs? Would you not be able to fit much more featureful programs using C or C++?
ESP8266 isn't a standalone device, so it is a matter of what the microcontroller/etc. uses and what the programmer is comfortable with.
KermMartian wrote:
I notice that it's written in Lua; is that standard for ESP8266 programs? Would you not be able to fit much more featureful programs using C or C++?
The ESP8266 can be programmed in C, but lua makes connecting to wifi/using sockets so much easier, plus it has good string utilities.
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