/PastaMaster

Group Project 1 for GA WDI

Primary LanguageRuby

Pasta Masta

Pasta Masta is an app that aims to enable those less confident cooks to become masters of quick and tasty pasta dishes.

The recipes are hand picked for beginning cooks, with minimal ingredients, clear easy-to-follow steps and the option to comment and rate recipes used from the site to help others achieve mastery.

Included within the recipes are tips to help assist the budding apprentices to become better each time they cook a recipe. Budding cooks don’t have to join the site, but if they choose to sign up, they will be given the chance to tailor the options for dishes shown during search requests.

Fully responsive and usable on mobile, tablet and laptop.

Link

pastamasta.herokuapp.com

Technology used in build

  • SASS via Bourbon, Bourbon Neat and Bourbon Refills
  • Ruby on Rails
  • Ajax
  • Postgresql
  • Foundation for single page grid design
  • Trello for task delegation
  • Invision
  • External API (http://www.weeatt.com)
  • Mr Donut and caffeine for greater output
  • A healthy sense of humour

What worked...

  • Twice daily stand ups
  • Lots of ideas
  • Additional roles; Someone to manage Git and another to manage Trello
  • Attempted to integrate new techniques
  • Reflection on tasks completed throughout the day. Celebrating the small victories
  • Most elements of the site went through several different iterations

What didn't

  • Git is amazing, powerful and mysterious
  • Lots of ideas
  • Time management
  • Attempted to integrate new techniques

What was learnt

  • Git working in terms of group work
  • Learning to interact with APIs
  • CSS is still a mysterious beast
  • Cool helpers for Rails authentication
  • Login and signup functions
  • Modals
  • Trello

Pasta Masta Version 2.0

  • Pairing recipes with wines
  • Suggesting recipes in relation to seasonal produce and temperature
  • Geo location for the nearest supermarkets, specials etc,
  • Gamify! Level up to become a Pasta Masta!
  • Smae concept but in the guise of Wok Masta