Pantry

Pantry is an all-in-one solution for managing the items in your pantry, from buying to eating. Pantry organizes your groceries lists so you don't have to worry.

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Pantry: your grocery managing app, built for Hack the North 2022.

What it does

Pantry is an all-in-one solution for managing the items in your pantry, from buying to eating. Pantry will ensure you never have to ask yourself, Do we have milk at home? How old is our bread? Do we have enough pasta? Pantry provides an easy interface for making grocery lists, managing pantry items, and tracking grocery spending habits. It will help you cut down on food waste in no time!

How it's built

Pantry is built using Flask and sqlite3 for the backend and HTML and CSS with Bootstrap and jQuery for the frontend.

How to run it

  1. Install the requirements.txt python packages.
  2. Go into the src directory.
  3. Run flask --app pantry-app init-db. This will initialize or reset the user database.
  4. Run flask --app pantry-app run.

Inspiration

I have a problem with managing expired foods. Many times over, I have disappointedly pulled jars from my pantry that turned out to be a few years too old or grabbed cheese that was a little bit greener than it should be. It haunts my dreams. So, I decided to build a solution: an app that can track my food for me.

Challenges

This was my first time making a complete web application from scratch, which was an interesting challenge, especially as a solo developer. I usually struggle with finding a good starting place for a project, so I tried to not overthink anything and just start programming. Sometimes I would not understand why a particular CSS property was not working as I thought it should, especially in combination with Bootstrap.

What I learned

I learned how to store user data, design the front end, and create a cohesive user experience. I was able to get a small slice of fullstack development through this project.

What's next for Pantry

Right now, Pantry requires all information to be manually inputted, which takes away from the convenience of it. But, it would be a lot better if we could use a camera to scan some information directly from the receipt. Sending notifications to alert people when something is going bad in advanced would be a helpful feature, and having a dedicated mobile app.

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