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switching from JSON to MsgPack in a backwards compatible manner with Paho MQTT (JavaScript)

By Maximilian Batz | 2020-07-21

picockpit.com makes heavy use of MQTT. For the upcoming version 2.0 I have decided to switch it to MsgPack. Why MsgPack? MsgPack (actually called MessagePack – packages tend to use MsgPack) is a binary format, aimed at compatibility with JSON, but decreasing file size (which is good for saving bandwidth & server resources). Another advantage:…

Getting POST requests to work with Axios, Kemal (crystal lang), vue.js

By Maximilian Batz | 2019-08-06

In picockpit.com, I am using AJAX requests to communicate with the backend for update operations. For instance, if you want to change the name of this Pi, you would select: which shows an inline form: how to show this inline form with vue.js is besides the point of this post (even though very interesting!) Clicking…