Introduction to the LiteFarm application
- Steve Mattingly (Unlicensed)
Although software developers are the primary audience for this material, it's convenient to take a first look at LiteFarm from a user's perspective.
At beta.litefarm.org you will find a public, non-production deployment of LiteFarm. This deployment is used for integration and various quality assurance activities. It can also be used for exploration by new team members.
Using this deployment, create a new account for yourself, and complete the "onboarding" process as follows.
When creating your farm, select a location in Canada.
When asked if you are interested in certifications, say “Yes”, and select “Organic certification”.
Select any of the listed certifiers.
When you have completed the onboarding, you will see the "home" screen. It greets you by name, shows a seasonal image, and the current weather for your farm location.
Now you are ready to view some tutorial videos at YouTube. If you follow along, be aware that the videos do not show the "spotlights" that LiteFarm uses to introduce and explain certain features when you visit them for the first time.
Please view the first four videos on the playlist. The other videos are less important at this time.
Terminology note: the videos use the term "management plan". Since they were created, we have learned that "management plan" is a phrase that causes confusion for some LiteFarm users because of its particular meaning in their setting. As a result, "crop plan" is now the correct phrase. While the videos have not been updated, you will see that LiteFarm screens do use this new wording. In source code, database names, and other areas that are not "user facing" you will still encounter "management plan" and possibly other variants like "crop management plan".