JoelDore / Recipe-Organizer

🍽️ Organize, customize, and rate recipes from the web or your home cookbooks in one convenient location

Recip-EZ

All the recipes you've been dying to try

All of your favorites

All in one convenient place.

Table of Contents

• Features
• Installation
• Usage
• Technologies
• Contributing
• Reflection
• Future Scope
• Questions

Features

• Secure Login using Passport.js
• User/recipe info stored in database using Sequelize
• Recipe images retrieved automatically via Unsplash API

Installation

1. Install npm packages:

   npm i express sequelize passport
   

2. Be sure to update config.json with your development database credentials
3. Create (empty) database recipeEZ_db in your preferred database tool using provided schema.sql
4. Run node server in terminal and open localhost:8080 (or your configured server port) in your browser

Usage

Currently deployed with Heroku

1. Login with username & password, or sign up for a free account

2. Click Add Recipe button to enter a new recipe reference

3. Fill out form with details/notes/rating and save to your collection

4. Search your collection for a specific source or meal category

   

Technologies Used

• Express
• Sequelize
• Passport.js
• Axios
• Unsplash Image API

Contributing

Contributions welcome!

1. Fork this repository
2. Create a new branch
3. Commit/push your changes
4. Create a new pull request

Reflection

• Used MVC model to structure public HTML/CSS/JS, Sequelize models, and server-side API routes
• Deepened understanding/ability to prioritize tasks and produce MVP more quickly
• Increased familiarity with agile workflow and resolving git conflicts

Future Scope

• Easily update/delete any recipe with Edit/Delete buttons in recipe view
• Add option for user to upload custom images for their recipes
• Update database to store recipe ingredients/instructions
• Allow customizable categories
• Share recipes with other Recip-EZ users

Questions

If you have any questions, feel free to create an Issue

License

This project is MIT licensed.

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Kasey Cushing

Michael Hernandez

Seth Kalback

Jacob Krueger

Joel Dore