What's for Dinner?

Abstract:

Significant other1: What should we eat? Significant other2: Hmm, I'm not sure. Let's check out "What's for Dinner?". Significant other1: Great idea :)

I built an application to solve the difficult decision of 'what to eat'! As a developer, I completely understand using all of your brain power for creative purposes, work, etc. Sometimes thinking of a solution of a small problem such as 'what to eat' can be daunting. Don't worry, I got you covered with a application that generates random meal options from sides, to main dishes, desserts, and even entire meals!

Installation Instructions:

  1. Simply visit https://github.com/mattsaqueli/whats-for-dinner.
  2. Click the green '<>Code' button.
  3. Copy the link provided into your terminal and clone it!

Preview of App:

Screenshot 2023-02-19 at 11 38 11 AM

Context:

Currently I'm at the end of week 3 at Turing and this project took me about 5 days to complete.

Contributors:

https://github.com/mattsaqueli

Learning Goals:

  • Gain experience building an application that utilizes HTML, CSS and JavaScript
  • Write HTML and CSS to match a provided comp
  • Understand how to listen to and respond to user events
  • Individualize my programming skill set

Wins + Challenges:

Wins:

  • I got hands-on experience with CSS and flexbox
  • After hitting a few roadblocks and getting down, I proved to myself I CAN do this.
  • I created a fully functioning application!!

Challenges:

  • Working with CSS to get what I want properly displayed
  • Writing DRY javascript to keep my code clean and easily readable

I got over these challenges by leaning on my support system to guide me in the right direction!