Meal-accounting-tool

A simple local web app for recipes and meal planning.

Getting started

1. Install Node.js, for example by using nvm:
   • Install nvm, the node version manager.
   • Run nvm install 18.17.1, or nvm ls and choose your preferred version of Node.js.
2. Check your Node.js and npm versions.

   node --version # >= 18.17.1
   npm --version  # >= 9.6.7

3. Clone this git repository.

   git clone https://github.com/wilzet/recipes

4. Create a file named .env based on .env.example.
5. Initialise the project.

   npm install
   npx prisma migrate dev --name init
   npm run dev

History

• 230903

  Idea conceived and began working on the project.

  • Simple prototype using external read/write

• 230908

  Migrated the project to this current repository.

  • Proper database using Prisma
  • Important core features implemented
    • Users
    • Posts
    • Calendar

• 231010(ish)

  Pre-alpha state

  • New layout
  • Valuable features
    • Comments
    • Ratings

• 231124

  Alpha state

  • The app is succesfully running on a Raspberry Pi 3 A+
    • This required the swap memory to be increased (100MB --> 1024MB)
  • Refactoring and redesign
  • Better score calculation

• 240105

  Beta state

  • More redesign
  • Other:
    • Shopping lists
    • Recipe adding options
    • Search recipes

• 240909

  "Finished" state

  • Only patches remain