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The Toolkit Approach for End-user Participation in the Internet of Things

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Today, there are many end-user programming tools available, but in the Internet of Things domain, this concept is relatively new. Some pioneer examples include solutions, such as d.tools and Pachube, but also Web2.0, Mash-ups, Twitter and Facebook are suitable backplanes for this kind of applications. Another level of development support is various hardware concepts and solutions, such as RFIDs, Arduino, Violet, NFC, barcodes and many more. Appropriate user programmability could transform a system, multiplying the effectiveness of programmers and users. This article discusses how end-users can be empowered with new building blocks and tools, analogous to those that were emerging during the early phases of Internet growth. Accelerators, frameworks and toolkits are introduced, which would allow everybody to participate in the Internet of Things in the same manner as in the Internet through Wikis, Blogs etc.

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Cvijikj, I.P., Michahelles, F. (2011). The Toolkit Approach for End-user Participation in the Internet of Things. In: Uckelmann, D., Harrison, M., Michahelles, F. (eds) Architecting the Internet of Things. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19157-2_4

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