Nestec

Introduction

Welcome to Nestec! Nestec is an innovative agriculture app designed to streamline farm management tasks and optimize agricultural operations. Whether you're a small-scale farmer or managing a large farm, Nestec offers tools to enhance productivity and efficiency.

Slogan:

Empowering farmers, one harvest at a time

Deployed Site:

https://bshongwe.github.io/Nestec_farm-app/

Landing Page:

https://bshongwe.github.io/Nestec_farm-app-landing-page/

Final Project Blog Article:

https://medium.com/@shongwe.bhekizwe/nestec-portfolio-project-blog-post-6361fadaa45f

Author's LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ernest-shongwe-31138b8b/

Stack

Backend Dependencies:

1. Express: For building the RESTful API and handling HTTP requests
2. Mongoose: For interacting with MongoDB database
3. dotenv: For loading environment variables from the .env file
4. bcrypt: For hashing passwords
5. jsonwebtoken: For generating and verifying JSON Web Tokens for authentication
6. Redis-CLI: for the cache database server
7. Node.js: Server

to be added at a later stage

7. twilio: Python library for Twilio API

APIs

1. Roboflow YOLO v8
2. OpenWeather API
3. Other API (not mentioned due to permission grant Ts & Cs)

Frontend Dependencies:

1. react-router-dom: For client-side routing
2. axios: For making HTTP requests to the backend API
3. Bootstrap: For styling and UI components
4. Node.js: API

Example of Development Procedure Followed

Backend Dependencies:

1. Navigate to the backend directory:

   mkdir backend && cd backend
   

2. Initialize npm (if not already initialized):

   npm init -y
   

3. Install required dependencies:

   npm install express mongoose dotenv bcrypt jsonwebtoken
   

Frontend Dependencies:

1. Navigate to the <repo root> directory:

   cd ../<repo root>
   

2. Initialize npm:

   npm init -y
   

3. Install required dependencies:

   npm install axios
   

Installation

To install and run Nestec on your local machine, follow these steps:

1. Clone this repository to your local machine.

   git clone https://github.com/bshongwe/Nestec_farm-app.git
   

2. Navigate to the project directory.

   cd Nestec_farm-app
   

3. Install dependencies for the frontend and backend.

   cd /<repo root>
   npm install
   cd ../node-redis-mongodb-backend
   npm install
   

4. Ensure you have MongoDB and Redis installed and running on your machine. Make sure to note down the MongoDB and Redis ports.

5. Create a .env file in the cache-aside pattern server directory and provide the necessary environment variables.

   MONGODB_URI=mongodb://localhost:<mongo_port>/nestec
   REDIS_URI=redis://localhost:<redis_port>
   PORT=<node_port>
   

   Replace <mongo_port>, <redis_port>, and <node_port> with the respective ports for MongoDB, Redis and Node server.

6. To start the servers

NodeJS Server

cd ../<repo root>
npm start

or

node server.js

N. B.: the front end static files are automatically served into the backend server when the Node server runs. Check the API routes. Adjust with caution.

Cache-aside Server

cd ../node-redis-mongodb-backend
npm start

8. Access the application in browser using the following ports at:
   

• frontend: http://localhost:3000
• backendend (to run the backend servers:
  • MongoDB: http://localhost:3030
  • Redis: http://localhost:11136

Make sure to replace `<mongo_port>`, `<redis_port>`, and
`<node_port>` with the actual ports you're using for
MongoDB, Redis, and your Node server respectively.

Additional Notes

• App will continue being developed to add more features
• Project Reviewer(s) recommendations:
  • User auth should also cover all the other contents beyond the home page and be render inaccessible until auth is completed
  • Recommendations by:
    • Seth Ketsi (Cohort 16)
    • Robert Adede (Cohort 17)
• Challenges:
  • production for deployment (run build requires attention)
  • database migration: Firebase to MongoDB & Redis
  • React Material routing on a mounted React framework
  • Node.js static file feed

Screen Shots of App

Features

Market News

Weather API

(MongoDB Data test)

Data Storage Model

Nestec web infrastructure