I Sleep You 3000

Sun 2019.06.23

Agree with your last sentence @allObjects re Blockly. I also like your idea of scheduleOnce() but would/will the resultant code and understanding be any better than setTimeout()?

For @Unreality,

'Is there a max execution time that forced the nodeMCU to reset?'

Found a nice article explaining both the Hw and Sw resets for ESP8266

https://techtutorialsx.com/2017/01/21/esp8266-watchdog-functions/

EDIT: Sun 2019.06.23
I like the concept of Blockly, especially for children and individuals (
yes, there are those that don't get ;-) us!) that just don't grasp the concept of programming. From what @Unreality #3 points out, there is a need to have an easier way of explaining in code what is actually going on for each of the 'blocks' involved. A fundamental issue is that the minds concept of 'wait' is much different that how a microprocessor functions, and how code is executed, especially when instructions are interpreted line by line. As both @allObjects and I discovered, using Blockly as a solution is a bit cumbersome, and for us, typing text is easier on the mind.