[bestattack]

Cute.

I know little about IoT -- explain how the language is abstracted? (last I worked on Arduino it was Processing/C++ I think). Does Favor compile down to the languages that are used, or how does this work?

To get users, instinct is to get your stuff in the hands of hardware bloggers / stores like sparkfun and hope that they start using it. Is that your plan?

[pedalpete]

Thanks! The language isn't abstracted. This uses Node.js running on linux based devices like Raspberry Pi. I'll be getting down to smaller and cheaper devices, but it would take some compiling to get down to the arduino level, which I'm not prepared to do at the moment (there are more interesting things to do above the arduino limitations).

I remember my Arduino days working with Processing, and not fondly. This is why I've gone with javascript. It offers a large body of developers the opportunity to get familiar with IoT without learning a whole new language. Though some will need to learn how to read a data-sheet, I've tried to make it as simple as possible to just plug the data-sheet details into the `init`,`get` and `set` methods so time isn't spent on that low-level getting data stuff.

I've actually seen a decent amount of installs on NPM (though I'm not sure how reliable that is) in the first month with no marketing. It is still currently a beta or even alpha level. I'm working on getting a few real projects working with it first, and I've been going to meetups to talk about it (but not presenting yet, just trying to gather interest).

Hardware bloggers and stores are definitely a great opportunity. I have some more interesting stuff coming down the pipeline which I think would capture their interest.

This is just the first step in a much larger model of how to develop and work with IoT (and devices).