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Hands-On MQTT Programming with Python

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Product type Book
Published in May 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789138542
Pages 228 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Gaston C. Hillar Gaston C. Hillar
Profile icon Gaston C. Hillar

Table of Contents (9) Chapters

Preface 1. Installing an MQTT 3.1.1 Mosquitto Server 2. Using Command-Line and GUI Tools to Learn How MQTT Works 3. Securing an MQTT 3.1.1 Mosquitto Server 4. Writing Code to Control a Vehicle with Python and MQTT Messages 5. Testing and Improving Our Vehicle Control Solution in Python 6. Monitoring a Surfing Competition with Cloud-Based Real-Time MQTT Providers and Python 7. Solutions 8. Other Books You May Enjoy

Building a web-based dashboard with freeboard

Now, we are ready to use the PubNub MQTT server as a data source to build a real-time web-based dashboard. As previously explained, we will take advantage of freeboard.io to visualize the surfer and surfboard data in many gauges.

The freeboard.io requires us to sign up and create an account with a valid email and a password before we can build a web-based dashboard. We aren't required to enter any credit card or payment information. If you already have an account at freeboard.io, you can skip the next step.

Go to http://freeboard.io in your web browser and click Start Now. You can also go straight to https://freeboard.io/signup. Enter your desired user name in Pick a Username, your email in Enter Your Email, and the desired password in Create a Password. Once you have filled in all the fields, click Create My Account.

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