Restaurant Reservation Project: Thinkful Capstone

Project Goals

Capstone: Restaurant Reservation System

• You have been hired as a full stack developer at Periodic Tables, a startup that is creating a reservation system for fine dining restaurants.
• The software is used only by restaurant personnel when a customer calls to request a reservation.

Tools Used

• Node.JS
• React
• React Hooks
• Express
• Knex
• PostgreSQL
• Bootstrap
• HTML5
• CSS
• Git

Takeaways

• Version control with Git is key to staying organized and implementing features separate of one another.
• It can be easy to go off track when developing a full-stack application, using a Kanban is another key to success.
• When it comes to coding itself, no reason to overcomplicate things right away; write workable code first, and then look to streamline where possible.

Final Thoughts

This was my first full-stack application built from little starter code. I was allowed the freedom to design the page how I felt best, all tests were functional rather than design oriented. It was a very rewarding feeling after each feature was implemented and worked; seeing the whole project come together made me really understand why people love developing and it fueled my desire to learn and grow even more.