Creating the backend application

With the device firmware setup completed, it's now time to focus on developing the application that will process the device events and send commands so that John's plant will get watered when he's not home.

The code for the application will run on the IBM Cloud Platform (Bluemix). Since this is just an example application, we're going to use environment variables to store parameters (temperature and soil moisture thresholds).

Creating a Cloud Foundry application in the IBM Cloud Platform

1. To create an application in IBM Cloud, access https://console.bluemix.net, select the Create Resource option, and select Cloud Foundry Apps in the left menu, followed...