v3.3.1

With Chowist v3.3.1, the following changes were made:

• Updated Python and Bootstrap dependencies to the latest
• Fixed issues with user logout. See forum discussion for more context

v3.3.0

With Chowist v3.3, the following changes were made:

• Added memorable favicon to the site
• Migrated from Bootstrap v4 to Bootstrap v5, enhancing look and feel of the app
• Maintained query parameters when swapping between paginated views
• Improved readability and reliability of the loaddemo command
• Updated dependencies for CircleCI, Python and Docker

v3.2.0

With Chowist v3.2, the following enhancements were made:

• Improved experience for restaurant listing
• Custom admin pages for DB models
• Enhancements to documentation
• New funding button
• Updates to CircleCI build

v3.1.0

With Chowist v3.1, the following enhancements were made:

• Users can change their password or reset it for any reason
• To preserve the integrity of restaurant details, updating restaurants is now restricted to admins
• HTML templates have also been normalized, resulting in a more consistent user experience
• Documentation has seen a huge improvement - specifically in contribution guidelines

Last but not least, the title in README docs has been upper-cased. Enjoy!

v3.0.0

It has been an incredible journey seeing the Chowist platform grow through various languages and frameworks:

• Sinatra
• Rails
• Django

Since the v2 launch in 2018, 280 commits have been made towards making v3 a reality.

The user experience has been improved, making it easier for users to do the following:

• Find the restaurants they care about
• Change profile settings for a personalized experience
• Allow users to post reviews for the restaurants they have visited

Click here to see a quick walkthrough of the application.

The developer experience has also been improved with the following:

• Single command to generate demo data for places app
• Detailed inspection routines for each DB model
• Extensive unit/integration tests
• New contribution guidelines, code of conduct and license
• Simpler documentation for getting started

v2.9.0

Added link for each category badge in restaurant detail page. Under the hood, multiple query parameters have been added to support a more robust restaurant list view.

Here are the exact changes:

• Added links for category badges
• Added query parameters
• Added form tests and MIT license

v2.8.0

Users can view the categories that each restaurant belongs to in the detail page. Demo data for the places app can be generated with a single management command for simplicity.

v2.7.0

Users can write in-depth reviews for restaurants. Furthermore, all forms now have an associated "Cancel" button for improved user experience.

Here are the exact changes:

• Add cancel button for all forms in Django apps
• Add ability for users to create/update reviews of restaurants
• Fix minor issues with canonical representation of Profile model

v2.6.0

Added pagination to the RestaurantListView to improve user experience. Also ordered the list of restaurants by name, resulting in a collection that is easier to read.

Here are the exact changes:

• Add pagination to ListView
• Order restaurants by name in ListView
• Paving the way for restaurant categories and reviews

v2.5.0

After realizing that a rating is different from a review, I decided to change model semantics:

• Replaced Rating model with Review
• Replaced stars attribute with rating
• The term Rating is now an enumeration of integers
• Refactored tests for ratings accordingly