The Plant Journal

Allows users to add and update plant data

Tools Used

• React
• React Bootstrap
• [React Router]
• Serverless Framework
• AWS cloud services
  • Cognito
  • DynamoDB

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Create an AWS account

Installing

• Download AWS CLI
  • Used to deploy and test the backend
• Download NodeJS
  • Used to run Frontend and install packages
• Download Serverless Framework: npm install serverless -g
  • Used to support the API and Serverless functions without creating boiler code

Configuring

• Create an IAM user
  • Give them programmatic access and administrator access
  • Learn about IAM users and their functions
• Configure the AWS CLI
• Create a DynamoDB table
• Create a Cognito User Pool
  • Cognito provides auhentication and authorization for the users that will be added to the application.
• Create Federeated Identity Pool
  • Allows values inserted into DynamoDB to only be associated with that user

Local Deployment

• Backend
  • Run: npm install
  • Run: serverless deploy
• Frontend
  • Update config.js
    • API Gateway values are found when deploying the backend
    • Cognito values are found in the Cognito dashboard
  • Run: npm install
  • Run: npm start

Project Structure

Backend

• Uses serverless infrastructure

Frontend