A Journey of Building a Functional Recipe Finder Website for a College Exhibition
As a Computer Science student , my journey to gaining practical experience took an unexpected but rewarding turn when my friend and I decided to participate in a college exhibition. With no previous experience in presenting a complex project, we knew we had to build something impactful that could also help us gain confidence in our skills. After a lot of brainstorming, we decided to develop a Recipe Finder Website —a platform where users could search for dishes and get a list of ingredients. Little did we know, this project would teach us more than we ever expected. The Idea and the Challenge of Building from Scratch Both my friend and I were familiar with HTML and CSS , but when it came to JavaScript , our knowledge was limited. JavaScript wasn’t a subject in our diploma program , so we were faced with a steep learning curve. However, we were determined to create a website from scratch and gain practical experience. After spending a day brainstorming, we finally landed on the id...