How to become Internet of Things (IoT) Developer?

Internet of Things (IoT) is a device which is connected to internet wirelessly and can receive data & send data wirelessly. In this modern world people are relying in IoTs so it is getting popular day by day. IoTs are used in various field like Industrial purpose, Construction, Mining’s, Healthcare, Farming, Supply Chain management, etc.  It is estimated that there will be more than 20 billion devices will be used by 2020. If you want to join developers for developing IoT devices and make their best use then you need to have skill. If you are from computer Science or Electrical Engineering background it will be much easier.

There are things you should know before starting career to become IoT developer:

Learn about Sensor and assembly of Physical Hardware:

You need to learn embedded logic and wireless communication and understand the working mechanism of sensor and hardware. If you have engineering skill it is best or you can get pre-assembled boards connected with sensor can be found like Arduino, Raspberry Pi, etc. Big projects like Tesla self-driving car are using sensor, underwater divers use sensor using IoTs so you should have deep knowledge and insight of these sensors. Architecture of these type of sensors are critical.

Learn Programming:

If you have programming skill then you can read the data from the sensor and send it to the server. You can use programming language like C, JAVA ME, Python or JavaScript can be used for programming IoT devices. C programming is the structural programming which is used by micro devices, JAVA ME is micro edition specially developed for embebbed devices, mobile devices and IoTs and Python is also very much flexible language for rapid prototyping of IoTs.

Learn about Server Side programming Language:

After getting data form IoT you need to store it in database and analyze using server side programming language like PHP, Node.js or ASP.NET core and database query language like MySQL, SQL Server etc. Server side programming handles the conversion of data and send required result to front end. PHPoC  is a programming langauage specially designed for IoT devices which was developed by PHP. Node.js have NPM packages that have various IoT modules for handling IoT devices. ASP.NET core is used for developing backend for IoT devices that is based on Windows platform and connected to Azure cloud and may more.

Learn about web development:

Now, after learning about sensors, programming for data sending and storing data you need to show output which is done by web application or app. You need to learn languages like PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, MySQL or any other frameworks. UI/UX is the crucial part of front end development in IoTs as they are most used devices and user want good looking, easy to use, easy interacting devices.

Machine Learning and AI:
Machine Learning and AI are becoming essential part in IoT develpment. As technology like face recognition, pattern learning, robotics, speech recognition needs training data which are used in embedded devices. With the addition of cloud technology machine learning and training large set of data become easier which leads to good performance in IoT devices. So, its important to learn about Machine learning and AI.

Cost:
Cost is the import part here because everything is not cheap as we need to use various thing which is why you should manage fund for developing IoT device. Cost efficiency is most important part here.

You don’t need all stages rather choose according to your choice of career on Backend or frontend.

Few tips for boosting your career as IoT developer:

• Dive deep into working of sensor for understanding better.
• User interface is important for standard products so make better UI.
• Learn JavaScript/Python which are most popular now days but for windows compactible IoT device you need C#/.NET core.
• Better learn to play with Raspberry Pi or Arduino like devices.
• And last but not least find groups or community who are working in this field and interact with them which helps to improvise your knowledge.

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