@Jopyth Yeah, that is pretty much the direction I thought about, too. :)

@strawberry-3-141 Okay. Nice! Please let us know, how you decide. And maybe we can help you in some points?

Or if @strawberry-3-141 does something different, we can start coding and he’ll join us in spring :)

Yeah, you’re right. It would be a good reason to just start coding and gain knowledge.

The RemoteControl module looks very nice, I’ll look into it. It looks like that it solves the convenience problem quite good. And platform independance is a good point.

I’ll dig into it’s code a bit. It would be nice to have configurable per-module parameters in it as well.

Hi,

i don’t know, if this is the right thread for this, but I’ll just write it here:

I just finished my own mirror and I almost finished coding my first module. Yaay! :) (Blog post and forum post with photos will follow soon! ;) )

In the procedure of buildung the mirror, some of my friends and family asked, if I could build other mirrors for them. Since the configuration is quite hacky by writing into a JSON file, I had the idea, that one could create a simple smartphone app, which allows the configuration of the mirror and the modules.

First - for our own convenience (the mirror builders) and second - for the convenience for the not-so-DIY-style people (like our parents and friends for example).

I am willing to write a prototype app for iOS, since I am interested in learning Swift in the long way. But yet I have nearly no experience in coding smartphone apps whatsoever (I participated a 1-day Swift crash course at my university some months ago).
Also, since I’m quite busy with studying and work, I’d see this as a long term project.

I just wanted to know what you guys think about this and if some of you are in the mood to help me with that project. Maybe by helping me code for iOS or writing an equal app for Android or whatever…

What do you think?

yes, already got them :) thanks!

Do I have to mark this topic as solved? (And if yes, how?) Or is this done by the admins?

@strawberry-3-141
Yeah, after digging the code, I think that is what I was looking for :=)
I didn’t think it was THAT easy ^^’
Thank you very much!

Hi,
I’m currently building my own mirror. I’ll start building the frame tomorrow.
I’m also writing a module which will give you current information for public transport departures in Berlin and Brandenburg (using the HAFAS realtime data by VBB).
For the list with the departures I’d like to fade the old list items out and the new items in, so that there is some kind of “rolling” effect.

It should look something like this when the module gets updated:

(time) (list item)
-2min item1 <------ fade out
-1min item2 <------ fade out
now item3
+1min item4
…
+9min itemX
+10min itemY <----- fade in

Does Electron have such a feature? Or can I just import jQuery and use the fadeIn() and fadeOut() from there? Or does anyone of you has an idea which node framework provides such UI features?

Thanks and Greetings
Beh