PlantBud.

Overview

PlantBud is a plant care assistant application for discovering suitable plants, learning about plant care, and keeping track of the user's plants.

Features

• Discover plants
• Learn about plant care
• Track your plants

Installation

To set up and run PlantBud on your local machine, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/plantbud.git
cd plantbud

2. Install Dependencies: Ensure you have Node.js installed. Then run:

npm install

3. PlantBud uses Firebase for authentication and data storage. Set up a Firebase project and add your Firebase configuration to a .env file in the root directory.

VITE_API_KEY=your_api_key
VITE_AUTH_DOMAIN=your_project_id.firebaseapp.com
VITE_PROJECT_ID=your_project_id
VITE_STORAGE_BUCKET=your_project_id.appspot.com
VITE_MESSAGING_SENDER_ID=your_messaging_sender_id
VITE_APP_ID=your_app_id

4. Start the Application in Development Mode: Make sure base in vite.config.js is set to '/'

npm run dev

This will run the app in development mode. Open http://localhost:3000 to view it in the browser.

5. Build and Serve the Application for Production:

npm run build
npm run preview

Replace dist/index.html and dist/login.html with dist/public/index.html and dist/public./login.html respectively. This will create a production build and serve it using Vite's preview server.

Testing

This project includes tests to ensure reliability and correctness.

To run tests:

npm test

For detailed information on the testing strategy, implemented tests, and future plans, please refer to the Test Documentation.