Inspiration
I was inspired by my girlfriend who is a biology major. She loves plants, and I thought that this would be a fun and cool thing to make. It also encourages people to explore outside.
What it does
Pocket Botanist allows users to take pictures of plants to identify them. They then get added to the user's plant encyclopedia. There is also a plant clinic feature which allows users to diagnose conditions that their plants are facing
How we built it
I used React Native with Express.js to build it
Challenges we ran into
A lot of time was spent trying to get Auth0 and Firebase to work to make authentication go faster, but it just didn't work out. I had to make my own authentication/login with Express. I also had to make a new build a few times because my app would crash when trying to get Auth0 and Firebase to work
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Finally made a mobile app on my own :)
What we learned
A lot about using React Native
What's next for Pocket Botanist
Making image loading times faster! Also adding badges/achievements for users Below are my mockups :)
Trying to win Best Green!
Built With
- axios
- express.js
- plantid
- react-native
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