Thinking about a Grow Journal Web App.

Desktop apps are pretty 1999, would anybody be interested in a web service for tracking and reporting grow data? Does such a thing exist? I'm thinking about a free open source platform for growers of all kinds. I want to focus on the hobbyist, rather than commercial, gardener/farmer, at least at first.

I wasn't welcome on the other software thread, and that made me sad. Being sad makes me mad, and being mad makes me write code. I don't question the muse. I'll update this as I make progress, but if there's anything you'd like to see in a grow journal web service just shake my tree.

This is a placeholder for an idea for some nonexistent software right now, that is all, don't hit me.

theres a few grow tracking apps, i havent found one that made me say wow! the one i always go back to is cannacalc.com. If thats what your talking about anyway.

if you or anyone else finds or knows of a better one (and im pretty sure ive tried ALL the free ones) please let me know, im always on the hunt.

Michael Huntherz said:

Desktop apps are pretty 1999, would anybody be interested in a web service for tracking and reporting grow data? Does such a thing exist? I'm thinking about a free open source platform for growers of all kinds. I want to focus on the hobbyist, rather than commercial, gardener/farmer, at least at first.

I wasn't welcome on the other software thread, and that made me sad. Being sad makes me mad, and being mad makes me write code. I don't question the muse. I'll update this as I make progress, but if there's anything you'd like to see in a grow journal web service just shake my tree.

This is a placeholder for an idea for some nonexistent software right now, that is all, don't hit me.

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Let me know if you move on building this thing, I may be down to help with the code/front end stuff.


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ebcrew said:

theres a few grow tracking apps, i havent found one that made me say wow! the one i always go back to is cannacalc.com. If thats what your talking about anyway.

if you or anyone else finds or knows of a better one (and im pretty sure ive tried ALL the free ones) please let me know, im always on the hunt.

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Cool link, thanks. I haven't seen that one. I'll look into that.

kmog33 said:

Let me know if you move on building this thing, I may be down to help with the code/front end stuff.

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I started throwing together a skeleton this morning for the backend code, and did some basic html wireframing. A fiend of mine and I are going to do some remote pairing on it today.
What sort of front-end stuff do you have experience with and/or what stuff do you like? Are you into the Angular or React JS stuff? I haven't really invested in a front-end framework yet, so I'm open to ideas. I've been looking at Vue.js

Here are a few notes from some other thread:

Budzbuddha said:

That is good idea to produce a " GROW " log or journal , however keep in mind that if you wanted to host it the IOS Apple store it may run into issues with their terns and policies. The workaround would be to design an " open " gardener style that can be used by all growers , whether herb , vegetable , organic or MJ. If MJ specific then that would put undo attention on it unless you plan to host it on a MJ friendly source.

You could create an activity log style approach , listing specifics like entering plant type data , breeder info , medium used , PH / PPM data , and other variables. You can allow pic loading to catalog grow and problems. You can input custom fields like feeding regiments . You can streamline the data fields and add a comment input field. Nothing too fancy. Notepad style for quick input and camera access , maybe allow export features for your grow to file or ?

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Michael Huntherz said:

I run my stuff on AWS and Digital Ocean, never had much trouble with anything. I'm also intimately familiar with app store policies as I've worked on them for more than one ginormous company (most under very strict NDA) and you're totally right about everything you said. I'm all over those sorts potential legal issues, I used to run a few porn sites back in the early 2000s.

With all that in mind I'm planning to have it be essentially a website with a responsive design so it works well on mobile devices with varying form factors and capabilities. All the suggestions you made in the second paragraph are on my short list. Thank you so much!

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I'm a humble php developer. Well, truthfully I can code in a few languages, but I really like the tools php has available these days, and I'm not that humble. I don't know how to measure that. But anyhow, I am using the Laravel (5.1) framework for backend code, and my buddy is a Systems Architect/DevOps guy, so we'll have a Continuous Deployment infrastructure set up by the end of the weekend. I've decided I don't care about the anybody's App Store right now, but I'm writing it RESTful "API first", so if we go into native apps later it will be easy. I'll be using JSON API standards. I have a plan to avoid any legality issues, basically a Terms of Use that covers my butt, really not that hard. This is the internet, baby! woooooooo

PM me if interested, anyone.

I am interested in this.

I am a web developer by trade with a bit of organic chem.

I believe developing this in Ruby on Rails as well as having IOS/Droid apps as well would help.

The current one i use now is GrowBuddy.

But I see many places for improvement.

It is a bit costly to develop an application.

But I could run a kickstarter if people were interested.

60 days to development would be an estimate.

If I wasnt so busy I would do it for free, but this would take a good year for me.

I would love to develop this and get ideas from members on what they would like to see and in the way it functions.

Also, it would be AES encrypted, no ip tracking as well as other security features to create anononimity due to Big Brother watching us.

Id be very interested in this due to the lack of what iw ant in a grow app.

Even GrowBuddy does not do it for me.

Trippyness said:

I am interested in this.

I am a web developer by trade with a bit of organic chem.

I believe developing this in Ruby on Rails as well as having IOS/Droid apps as well would help.

The current one i use now is GrowBuddy.

But I see many places for improvement.

It is a bit costly to develop an application.

But I could run a kickstarter if people were interested.

60 days to development would be an estimate.

If I wasnt so busy I would do it for free, but this would take a good year for me.

I would love to develop this and get ideas from members on what they would like to see and in the way it functions.

Also, it would be AES encrypted, no ip tracking as well as other security features to create anononimity due to Big Brother watching us.

Id be very interested in this due to the lack of what iw ant in a grow app.

Even GrowBuddy does not do it for me.

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Howdy, @Trippyness, I'm glad you're interested. I like Rails, but I'm not going that direction, at least not right now. I'm using Laravel which is a PHP framework and uses the best design concepts of Rails and .NET MVC with the convenience and comparative ease of deploying PHP. I will also be using a bit of NodeJS for a few things. I really do believe in using the right tool for a given job; Given my skillset and the fact I'm currently a team of one, Laravel is a great option for me as far as a back-end framework.

I'd like to have an iOS app down the road, but that really is down the road. I'll be designing this app using the Ports and Adapters structural pattern, API-first, so any client devices we want can be supported down the road with no modifications to the existing codebase.

I started a git repository and did some initial branding. If anyone is interested I will PM the github link to you, but I am not posting it here publicly. Thank you.

PetieT said:

What a complicated thread with complicated words. To be honest, I didn't understand much, but the idea is kind of interesting. I would love to use an app like that. And I would show it to my friends. So good luck and hope to see your app very soon!!! When my girlfriend comes over, I'll be sure to show her your thread. She's a designer, maybe she'll suggest something

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