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Learning JavaScript Robotics

By : Kassandra Perch
Book Image

Learning JavaScript Robotics

By: Kassandra Perch

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Learning JavaScript Robotics
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Obtaining documentation, wiring diagrams, and so on


A good skill to have when building your own Johnny-Five projects is finding code and wiring diagrams for the components that you'd like to use. Luckily, the www.johnny-five.io website and the project provide a thorough and top-notch documentation right there on the site!

Let's take a look at the LCD documentation on the site to prepare us for building our project:

  1. In the header of the site, click on the API tab.

  2. Then, you'll see a list of components on the left (if you're on a desktop) or at the top (if you're on a tablet or phone).

  3. Find and click the LCD entry in this list.

    The API documentation page

Once you are on the LCD page, you'll see a bunch of different LCD components, a section on the LCD API, and some links to examples at the bottom. There is a page like this for every component in Johnny-Five, so it's easy to find out how to get started with just about every component that has already been adapted.

Let's take a look at the LCD API...