0.5.0 Browser Version: No Mozilla Web Thing Server in Browser top menu

[Turgut Guneysu]

IN the stand-alone version, when “Advanced Blocks” are selected, the Mozilla Web Thing server options shows and starts the server when selected.

In the browser version, this option does not exist.

When the Network / Web Thing Library is loaded, then one can see the “Start WebThing Server” block.

However, this block does not start the server, like the stand-alone version did. And there is no port 6473 message in the console log.

Maybe, server startup process has been modified from the previous version.

The DEMO program for the Mozilla Web of Things / HelloLED operates totally differently than before in regards to the WTS. There is no localhost:6473 access, but rather a localIP address without a port.

I might be getting confused between all the changes ! If so please excuse this entry and set me straight.

[John Maloney]

Unfortunately, we can’t support the Web Thing Server feature in the browser since it depends on being about to open a TCP/IP server port which isn’t possible in a browser. People will need to use the stand-alone MicroBlocks app if the want to use that feature.

However, you can still program Web Things on WiFi enabled boards. In that case, clients send HTTP requests directly to the board, not to the MicroBlocks IDE, so the browser isn’t involved.