====== node-RED ======
[[https://nodered.org|Node-Red]] is a rules engine based on node.js with its focus set to IoT applications. It comes with a nice looking web-interface where you can graphically program "Flows" from input modules all the way through to output modules. Currently (jan 18) there are about 2000 input/output modules called "nodes" available. 

===== Tricks =====
==== Set/Receive global Variable ====
a global variable can be accessed in all flows. also it can "store" a state (probably for as long as node-red is running, haven't tested what a restart of all flows will do to a global yet) 

we need a setter and a getter function for our global variable, so create two new function nodes with the following code: 

setter (acts as an output node): <code javascript>
global.set("MyGlobal",msg.payload);
</code>

getter (an inject node could be used in front of this node to check the value every second)
<code javascript>
msg.payload = global.get("MyGlobal");
return msg;
</code>