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- Tue Jun 26, 2018 8:53 am #76644 While on my search to find a device that could send my sensor data to the internet ,a device that was not too bulky or difficult to code I came across the "node MCU"
While experimenting with the "node MCU" I found out that it's brain a.k.a its processing unit was the ESP8266. I continued my experiments with it using the Arduino IDE because that was the only IDE I knew at that point of time.
While using the Arduino IDE I started having a lot of issues while coding for the web page.I used to write the web page code on the same code and had to reflash the entire code to the "node MCU " everytime I made some small changes to the code.
Eventually as in very recently I found out about "Micropython" .I am still trying to learn this right now. But from what I know the Esp can have an entire file system In which I can store various different functions related to the code and I would only have to update that specific file whenever i made any changes to my code .
I also found another IDE called zerynith .
Now in the hustle of simply uploading my code checking if it works and moving on I feel guilty of the fact that I don't understand the basic underlying operation of this device and the contribution and usefulness of using various different IDE's .
I hope someone can help me out.
(I am sorry for making this so long I wrote out whatever came to my mind, thanks anyway )

- Tue Jun 26, 2018 2:09 pm #76645 In the Arduino environment the equivalent of what you want is achieved using the SPIFFS filing system to hold files like web page data independently of the code.

You can include a file browser / uploader in your code so that you can maintain (upload / edit /delete) files directly from a browser.

- Wed Jun 27, 2018 9:07 pm #76688 First of all, I would suggest you to work on Raspberry Pi if you are plannign to upload your sensors' data to web server. Raspberry Pi beats all of them, for analog sensors you can use arduino uno and serially send the data to raspberry pi 3. Upload this data to webserver is too easy. You can upload the data via FTP easily.

Now if you have planned to worked on Arduino and ESP then it can also do the same job but its a bit difficult. You are facing issues that's common but don't start again. instead share your issue and then get help to solve it. Let us know whats your current condition and where's the issue??? and I think someone will show you the right path. The path to success.

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You should also check The Engineering Projects because they have posted a lot of Arduino Projects and PIC Microcontroller Projects and have also designed many new Proteus Tutorials and C# Tutorial. I hope you guys are gonna like them.

- Thu Jun 28, 2018 2:30 am #76699

First of all, I would suggest you to work on Raspberry Pi

You are aware this is an ESP8266 forum?

While there's absolutely nothing wrong with a Pi and a Pi could be a perfect platform in conjunction with both Arduino as ESP8266 boards, this would be the same kind of advice as suggesting a 25 year old on a hot hatch pimping forum, to buy a Ferrari if he wants his car to look nice and go really fast.

Assumption is the mother of all f*ckups. At least: that's what I'm assuming.