Logging Data to Google Sheets with the Tessel 2

Contributors: D___Run___

Preflight Check

If this is your first time using your Tessel 2 you will need to do a little setup first. Have no fear; it is relatively painless and shouldn't take more than 20 minutes or so to install software and get you up and running! Check out the Getting Started with the Tessel 2 Guide to walk you through the process of:

• Installing the required software to develop for the Tessel 2
• Installing the T2-CLI tool
• Setting up the Tessel 2
• Creating a project directory (folder)
• Running a blink script to make sure it is working

Node.js Native Modules and NPM

If you have had experience with the Tessel 2, then you know that it is programmed with JavaScript and the Johnny-Five framework to be able to control the Input/Output (I/O) on the board. If you have never programmed with JavaScript before or the Tessel 2, we highly recommend that you check out the Johnny-Five Inventor's Kit Experiment Guide for a more in-depth explanation and exploration.

To get you started with this specific project, let's create a project directory as covered in the preflight check and install all of the needed node modules that we will use. We can do this through our console by using these commands:

language:console
mkdir loggerProject;
cd loggerProject;
npm init -y;
npm install johnny-five tessel-io node-ifttt-maker;

These commands do the following in order:

1. Create a directory (folder) called loggerProject
2. Change directory, or move into loggerProject
3. Initiate an npm project within loggerProject that creates a package.json file.
4. Install the needed libraries, which in this case are johnny-five, tessel-io and node-ifttt-maker using npm install. These will be placed in a directory called node_modules

With your setup complete, you are ready to set out on your new adventures of logging data!