Prototype: Updated Bookworm
We are updating our build for demo day to move away from Streamlit and towards a separate front and backend. This is primarily due to having more control over our entire interface while building a more robust algorithm.
We'll be using React for our front end. We'll initially use Bootstrap for our component elements but will eventually move towards styling our components (perhaps using a framework like Tailwind). In addition, in terms of features, we will be keeping the interface relatively the same, while also adding in:
- Having example prompts for users to choose from at the beginning
- Understanding why our recommendation algorithm chose the option it did
- A landing page that links to our front-facing interface.
Our corresponding issue also has existing links to inspiration for new interfaces.
Regarding deployment, we'll use FastAPI to host a backend endpoint that our frontend queries. The specification will return a JSON object with the results, containing information like metadata, titles, and so on. In the future, we plan to move to an OpenAPI specification to make it more in line with current standards.
For our algorithm, after receiving user feedback, we will do a more granular search based on different book components. We're naming our algorithm "Find and Filter" due to embedding certain aspects of a book (reviews, descriptions, etc.), using a query to select a certain amount of searches, and then continuously filtering from there.
