Garden Monitor documentation

This documentation covers the development process used to build my garden monitor. There are probably numerous projects like this already in existance and I would bet that they are more polished than this one. Even so, I like documenting my projects for fun so here it is. Enjoy.

Status

Incomplete

Contents:

• Garden Monitor
  • Overview
  • Aim
  • Background
  • Development timeline
  • Scope
  • Out of scope
  • Follow along
• Setup
  • Aim
  • Summary
  • Gear
  • Raspberry Pi OS
  • Preferences
  • Raspberry Pi password
  • Raspberry Pi name
  • Set timezone
  • Expand file system and enable ssh
  • Update and upgrade
  • Create static IP address
  • Install
  • Folder
  • Git
  • Testing
• Sphinx documentation
  • Aim
  • Summary
  • Install
  • Core framework
  • Restructured Text
  • Git
  • gh-pages
• Postgres Database
  • Aim
  • Summary
  • Install and open
  • Change password for user called “postgres”
  • Allow local connections
  • Create database
  • Create user
  • Restart postgres
  • Signing in
  • Testing
• Flask API
  • Aim
  • Summary
  • Base install
  • Folder structure
  • Pip install
  • app.py
  • Example app
  • Run app.py
  • API code listing
  • GET request
  • POST request
• Test data
  • Aim
  • Summary
  • Creating data
  • Testing
  • Flask implementation
• React App: Building blocks
  • Aim
  • Summary
  • Uninstall node
  • Install node and npm
  • Install create-react-app
  • Build app and run
• React App: Connection with API
  • Aim
  • Summary
  • Requirements
  • Note on datetime stamps
  • Drop existing data
  • Add test data
  • Add a proxy to webserver
  • Edit App.js (react webapp)
  • Test
• React App: Bootstrap
  • Aim
  • Summary
  • Install
  • Code listing
  • Edit App.css
• React App: Chart
  • Aim
  • Summary
  • Install packages
  • Code listing
• 24 hour prediction
  • Aim
  • Summary
• Sensors