Hey all!
The time has come.
I’ve really appreciated all the feedback I’ve gotten from all of you. I’ve been so happy watching you all use this.
That being said, development on the lite version starts next week. I want everyone to be able to use this regardless of hardware.
I’d also like to take in suggestions for feature requests. Anything you want? Anything you wish was better? Now is the time to start letting me now.
Thanks guys.
@bibi - Yes, I remember that’s where I wanted to hit next, as I wanted this module to be accessible to all MM users, regardless of what device they use.
My plan was to use lighter rendering calculations, as the originals were fairly intensive and originally developed for browsers. My front end dev experience has exploded a lot since I wrote the module, so I’ll hopefully have far better luck this time around. To those waiting, I’ll be taking a look when I can. I’d also like to dig out my Pi so that I can be certain it runs prior to release.
@Mykle1 I’ve had some users report that light linux machines powering their MM’s are sufficient, though I’ve not tested for upper capacity or performance. I know rendering for canvas on JS is intensive, and the calculations required here are more than I’d want. I’ll look into developing a Pi-compatible light version as soon as I can.
I’ll post an update here when I’m able.
Hey @bibi - I’ve not had any time to take a look at this yet… software engineering and life take over. But maybe it is time to take another look at this. I’m out of the country this weekend, but I’ll try to carve out some time in the next month to take another look at it
Hi guys,
Apologies for the late response. Unfortunately I’ve started a new software engineering role and my time has been entirely dominated by an array of distractions.
While I can only suggest that users of this module do not rely on a Pi, I will endeavour to have a more lighweight, Pi-friendly edition of this module (which should lighten the load for other users too) within the next couple of months. Unfortunately, due to load; I can’t make any promises on deadlines for delivery.
I’m having other developers join me in refining the library and tidying up the code quite considerably. Unfortunately, due to the rendering calculations involved, it’s not simply a weekend job. I’m going to do my best to get this completed as soon as possible.
Thanks to all users who have helped others with support in technical issues - You’re truly terrific.
Don’t worry about code quality dude. I’m hardly the best programmer on the forum. Other developers will help and contribute if there’s something breaking - But other than that, you’ve developed something that nobody has yet provided; Which I think is awesome. Share it!
What do you mean? I think that looks bad ass. I’d encourage you to share it with your community, there doesn’t appear to be a Hive module available for people yet!
Hmmm. I could have sworn I saw a Hive module available, but after searching I can’t find it. That’s interesting. Maybe I was thinking of this one for the NEST. I’m surprised this hasn’t been done yet.
This is a cute idea. I might pick this up if someone else doesn’t…