Mr Jenkins

Customers interact with a chatbot who directs them to order their preferred sub

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Inspiration- I was looking for a challenge, as I felt I was falling behind the other bootcamp students. I use FB messenger to interact with customers at work, I think its a powerful platform. So for me to use messenger for a project allowed me to engage in a project I was passionate about.

What it does- Mr Jenkins is a chatbot that takes deli sub orders for a mock grocery store

How I built it- I started with the OC Clothing repo and I followed the Getting Started guide step by step. Eventually I learnt what the code said and I was able to modify it to do what i wanted it to do

Challenges I ran into- Not being a experienced coder the Docs were too advanced for me for the first week or so. I also found webhooks very challenging but I am so glad I learnt them

Accomplishments that I'm proud of- Launching my webview for the very first time was an absolute rush!

What I learned- I learnt to persist through errors and to keep working. Webhooks and webviews were completely new to me!

What's next for Mr Jenkins- Adding more items to buy, adapting it to also curate pharmacy refills would be a great next step.

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