WTH can't we Just easly use if else functions in the automations editor

Archive Month of "What the heck?!" (2020)
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I’m used of using if and else beacust i did a lot of Arduino programming. It is propably doable in YAML but i’m realy not comfotable using it.

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Have you looked at the “Choose” action added in 0.113? It is available as an “Action type” in the Audomations editor.

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The Choose action is cool (I’ve been using it a LOT), but I think a lot of it has to do with nomenclature. Most technical people are used to if-else versus choose-action.

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I’d also love a simple if-then-else; I’ve been looking into Node Red for this stuff, but also seems like there’s a learning curve to that. W(hy)TH can’t I just say if then else!

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There is a learning curve, but to be honest, it’s SO worth it. There are some things that NodeRed does 100% better than HA. Being able to visually see your automation flow is awesome.