EatBook
Summary
Have you been overwhelmed by the endless slew of restaurant recommendations by friends and family? Are you someone who is lost in all the recent hole-in-the-wall and social media food craze? Eat Book is here to help! Search, review, and save all those local restaurants you have been recommended or want to try. Access them later and check them off as you go!
Importance
This application allows for users to store restaurants in a to-do list type manner so that they can track what establishments they have visted and what they have not yet. The integration of restaurant reviews using Yelp's API and local city maps using Google Map's API create all the necessary tools for someone wanting to have a better and more intimate understanding of their city's culinary offerings.
Key Technologies
Google Firebase HTML CSS Javascript
APIs Used
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/developers/documentation/v3
- Google Maps https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation
Sketch of Design
Get Started
Visit the project repo at: https://github.com/khnguyen94/Eat_Book
In your local computer's command line, navigate to a destination directory for where you would like to clone this repo.
Clone the repo using the GIT CLI to the destination directory
Ensure that you have the Live Server extension in VSCode
In VS Code, start a live server for EatBook
Create an account to store your restaurant data
Use the search bar to explore local restaurant options and save them to your list
Future Features
- User able to make comments on the restaurants they’ve been to
- Messaging with friends on ResMap with messenger api https://developers.facebook.com/docs/messenger-platform/send-messages/#response
- Make reservation using open table api https://platform.opentable.com/documentation/
Contributors
- Khoa Nguyen - khnguyen94
- Michael Hu - Ghostyinhaut
- Surenkhuu Shagdarsuren - slodway2019
- Yi-Yun Cheng(Annie) - anicng