The idea behind this project was to create an online cookbook app using python and either SQL or MongoDB.
The main functionality of the app is to allow users to look up exsisting recipes, have the
ability too add and edit existing recipes, and to delete any that were no longer requires.
View the project here.

• User Stories

  • First Time Visitor Goals

    1. As a first time user I should be able to signup and login easily.
    2. A first time user should be able to navigate the app without confusion.
    3. As a first time visitor to the app I should be able to see my saved recipes instantly so i can reference them as I cook

  • Returning Visitor Goals

    1. Returning users must be able to edit and update saved recipes to make adjustments to the recipes
    2. As a returning user I should be able to delete recipes I didn't like
    3. As a returning visitor I am able to add new recipes through a form quickly

• design

  • Colour scheme I went for a green on white colour scheme as this expresses the feeling of freshness and cleanlness when it comes to food.

  • Typography I choose Roboto and Roboto slab for my text because they are some of the most popular fonts at this time.

  • Imagery Images are important in this app because users need to see what the meals look like before they make them. It is often said you eat with your eyes.

• Wireframe And Database Schema

  1. wireframe
  2. Database schema

* Fully Responsive 
* The ability to add, edit, and deleted recipes
* User login functionality

The main features of the app is the ability to add, edit, delete and look up recipes.
Once you log into the app the main page has all the recipes displayed, you can sort
the recipes by name or the amount of upvotes it has. Each recipe displayed also
has a button that allows you to view more detailed information on the recipe,
a button to edit the recipe and one to delete the recipe. When you go and view
more inormation on the recipe there is also a feature that allows you to upvote
the recipe by clicking a button. On the main page of the app I added a nav bar with
only 2 links for home and for the add recipe feature, this take you to a form that
allows you to add details for a recipe along with basic instructions on how to fill
the form out.

A good feature that could be added is the ability to save recipes to your own recipes
section under a my account page, this would allow people to save their favourite recipes
and not have to search through all the recipes to find the one they want again.
Another feature that could be added is to only allow the person who published the recipe
to edit or delete the recipe, this would stop people from deleteing everything.
The third feature I would add in the future is when you view a recipe, you would
be able to click a button that creates a shopping list of ingrediants for you.

• Bootstrap
  • Used to simplify making the app responsive and other small bits of css such as floats and border rounding.
• Google Fonts
  • Used to find fonts to use for the text on the webpage.
• HTML
  • Used to create content on the webpage.
• Python
  • Python was used for all of the backend code.
• Flask
  • Flask was used for all the templating and routing of the project aswell as talking to the database.
• Mongodb
  • Mongodb was the database I used to hold all the information on the recipes etc.

To test my app I mainly used manual testing, this involved looking at every form to check
if i could enter the wrong information in the fields, for example, a list of numbers into
a url field, this ensures that users can only enter the required information into an input,
to test the forms further I also went through and filled in forms with missing fields to see
if they would validate with missing information, I also checked the responsiveness of all the
pages down to a minimum width of 347 pixels as the smallest mobile screens are around 355 pixels in width. To do this I used chrome dev tools and different devices I own to view the app on differnt browsers and devices.
To help me test the app i asked friends to use the app and give me feedback on any issues they encountered,
this helped me catch some bugs I hadn't noticed, for example when you updated the recipes it would
reset the upvotes count back to 1. I also used online code validators to validate my html, css and
python code, (see the python validated.png for the confirmation of validated code).

 * First Time Visitor Goals
    1. As a first time user I should be able to signup and login easily.
        * upon entering the app the user is greeted with a login / signup page
    1. A first time user should be able to navigate the app without confusion.
        * the navigation bar is always at the top of the page with no extra links then what it needs
    1. As a first time visitor to the app I should be able to see my saved recipes instantly
    so i can reference them as I cook
        * Upon logging in the the app all recipes are displayed on the home page with the abilty to click on them to see more details

* Returning Visitor Goals
    1. Returning users must be able to edit and update saved recipes to make adjustments to the recipes
        * every recipe can be edited or deleted easily with a button under each recipe
    1. As a returning user I should be able to delete recipes I didn't like
        * Each recipe has a delete button next to it
    1. As a returning visitor I am able to add new recipes through a form quickly
        * the Nav bar has an add recipe link that takes you to the add recipe form.

* The edit and delete button on the home page over lap slighty just before the mobile break point

To deploy this app I used Herouku. To do this I had to add a requirements.txt file and
a Procfile in order for heroku to be able to run the code and get it deployed. When you first visit the
app you are required to log in to view the recipes and to make changes. To run the app within the IDE you
need to type in the terminal- python app.py .

• Page Logo - Taken from www.thelogomix.com and edited to be the right colour.