
How I built a full-stack water-plant tracker with Django and React
I wanted a real project to practise Django REST Framework, JWT auth, React and deployment — so I built JungleTrack, a water-plant care tracker. Here’s what the project covers: Models Two core models — Plant and WaterLog — connected to PostgreSQL. REST API Built with Django REST Framework. Each user only sees their own plants thanks to a filtered queryset. React Frontend Consumes the API using Axios with JWT tokens attached to every request. Authentication JWT via djangorestframework-simplejwt. Login returns access and refresh tokens stored on the frontend. Deployment Deployed on Railway with Gunicorn and WhiteNoise for static files. If you want the full guide with complete source code, I packaged everything into a PDF 👇 https://hillarydev.gumroad.com/l/fmgwr
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