Summary
In this chapter, we had a high-level, 360-degree view into the world of the Particle Photon, its Internet Button accessory, and its software. We saw how we can program the Photon to interact with the external world. In the chapters that follow, we will take you into the internals of each component of the Particle IoT ecosystem, and you will be able to use the Particle boards to their full potential. Particle has created an excellent end-to-end ecosystem to make IoT application building very quick and simple. The open source firmware, integration with the cloud, excellent documentation, technical support, and the huge user base on active forums let a user easily develop a good understanding of IoT boards and the IoT ecosystem in a very short time.