Node-RED: The greatest tool that your IoT setup is missing

What the heck is Node-RED? If you’ve been exploring smart-home automation, IoT, or home-lab projects, you’ve probably heard the name Node-RED - but what is it really? In this video, Foxy breaks down Node-RED, the powerful flow-based automation tool that lets you connect devices, APIs, and online services without writing code. Whether you’re running Home Assistant, MQTT, Zigbee2MQTT, or just want to make your smart home smarter, Node-RED can do it! # Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:34 Node-RED in a nutshell 00:59 A quick history 01:28 How Node-RED works 01:53 The Node-RED Interface explained 02:19 Terminology of Node-RED 02:25 Terminology: Nodes 04:08 Terminology: Flows 04:28 Terminology: Subflows 04:47 Terminology: Messages 05:13 Terminology: Context 05:27 Terminology: Pallet 05:35 Terminology: Deploy 05:50 Terminology: Debug panel 06:08 How I use Node-RED 06:38 Node-RED is addictive! 07:14 The Gotchas 09:23 Da rules: Rule 1 09:38 Da rules: Rule 2 09:59 Da rules: Rule 3 10:11 Da rules: Rule 4 10:28 Da rules: Rule 5 10:43 Da rules: Rule 6 11:02 Settings.js 11:13 Bonus tip 11:57 Outro # Links My Node-RED Todoist plugin: https://flows.nodered.org/node/@foxleigh81/node-red-contrib-todoist-api Securing Node-RED: https://nodered.org/docs/user-guide/runtime/securing-node-red Backing up your flows with Projects: https://nodered.org/docs/user-guide/projects/ Enable persistant context: https://nodered.org/docs/user-guide/context#saving-context-data-to-the-file-system My Error catching subflow: https://gist.github.com/foxleigh81/e27b4a25d8b3ca0c269c79ee8cc36452 My server monitoring subflow: https://gist.github.com/foxleigh81/35ce5cb79d0ab010982d60d98c853209 Check out other videos in my "What the heck" series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQ4XUMXxWfD8EVleJDWQ-gWtoi4SU3pVk #nodered #iot #smarthome #iotplatform #iotsoftware #explained #flow #programming #industrial #mqtt