Re: [PIC] Learning C

On Tue, 19 Nov 2024, Harold Hallikainen wrote:

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> On Tue, November 19, 2024 6:44 pm, Justin Richards wrote:
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>> An example is the choice of an esp8266 dynamically or statically
>> generating
>> table elements of a web page.
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>> Statically means I have to update two or more sections of code to make
>> changes, where as dynamically requires making changing to only one
>> section.
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>> The static option is more obvious and readable when later revisited but
>> onerous  to make changes where the dynamic code is quicker, less error
>> prone but more obfuscated.
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> I've used the Microchip TCP/IP stack a lot in several products. In these
> products, there is a command interpreter that accepts commands over TCP
> and a web interface that also has controls. At first, I was using standard
> HTML FORM stuff and GET queries for the web interface, but I found I was
> writing everything twice. Once for the command interpreter and once for
> the web interface. In the last several products, I've put javascript in
> the web interface that POSTS text commands that are then passed to the
> same command interpreter that accepts commands over TCP. I only have to
> write the code once!
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Have you considered changing your CLI so that it can also receive requests 
from your HTML forms? Writing Common Gateway Interface (CGI) programs in C 
is very simple and stright forward. It might obviate the need to add 
javascript to you web pages.

Friendly Regards
Sergio Masci