How to start?
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Greetings everyone!
I’m a student and I want to develop the software for a smart mirror on my own for a project. I have looked through different open source projects, but I like the architecture of this one the most - it’s amazing, really!
I’ve read so many tutorials about the different libraries that are used and I tried to write the code, but I always mess it up. I don’t understand how to start the whole project - what should I do first? Then, how do I continue? What is the best approach?
Thank you in advance!
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@antonia It depends on what you want to achieve. So first of all knowledge about javascript is a huge benefit, as the core and modules are developed with this language.
If you want to develop some modules you should check out the development guide here https://github.com/fewieden/MagicMirror/tree/master/modules
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I would get the basic MM software up and running, then configure it to what you want to see, then maybe create your own module.
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@strawberry-3.141 I was thinking more of creating everything from scratch - like express server and all… I’ve taken javascript courses, I’m not pro but I know how it works and I understand how to develop the modules.
However, creating the whole system from 0 seems difficult
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@antonia If you want it to work similar to MagicMirror then you will build a web page.
There you will render the modules.
To update the modules you can ask the server for updates (ajax, long-polling) or you use websockets to get updates on the fly.
On the server you need to get the data for the modules which can be rendered on the webpage.
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@strawberry-3.141 thanks! I will follow the steps you suggested. I will try to do it with a simple hello world module and then build up.
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@antonia would be interesting to see your progress, will you publish it to github?
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@strawberry-3.141 I guess, depends on my progress
I will keep you posted!
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@antonia thats what git is for a version control system for all changes
