Week 2: Outlining App Features and Reviewing DART for Flutter

1. IDENTIFYING THE FEATURES

Below is the list of features to be implemented in the application:

Feature 1: Personal Inventory Management

Keep track of the user’s pantry inventory in a smart manner:

• Alert if produce is about to go past expiration
• Keep track of items users often repurchase to recommend them in their next grocery trip
• Alert user if an item is about to be finished

Feature 2: Recipe Finder

• Recommend users recipes they can cook with items in their pantry
• Prioritising recipes with items that are about to expire so it does not go to waste

2. OUTLINING FIRST FEATURE

3. EXPLORING FLUTTER AND FIREBASE

This week I spent 20 hours relearning the fundamentals of DART to prepare myself to code my mobile application with Flutter. I also read multiple documents (listed below) about using Firebase with Dart to store my data.
Impact: Gained a better understanding of DART to have enough confidence to start coding the first feature.

List of resources:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPvVD8t02U8&t=18038s&ab_channel=freeCodeCamp.org
• https://firebase.google.com/docs/flutter/setup?platform=ios
• https://firebase.flutter.dev/
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/67009032/storing-user-input-as-array-in-firebase-using-flutter

4. NEXT STEPS - goals for the week

• Start outlining the data structure for the "Virtual Pantry" functionality
• Start coding the "Virtual Pantry" feature