A simple web application that allows users to share, view, and rate home-cooked dishes. Users can log in, upload dish photos, add descriptions, and interact with other users’ posts using thumbs-up and thumbs-down icons.
Home Cooking Reviews is a Node.js and Express-based web app that integrates with MongoDB for data storage. It allows authenticated users to manage their profiles, add new dishes, and view dishes added by others.
Each dish includes:
- A name
- A description
- An image upload
- Reaction buttons (👍 / 👎)
This project demonstrates basic CRUD operations, form handling with file uploads, and templating using EJS.
- User Authentication — Each user logs in and can only manage their own content.
- Add Dishes — Upload an image, give it a name and description.
- View Dishes — Displays all dishes uploaded to the database.
- 👍👎 Rate Dishes — Users can upvote or downvote dishes.
- Delete Dishes — Allows removal of uploaded dishes.
- Responsive Design — Uses Bootstrap and Font Awesome for styling and icons.
| Component | Technology |
|---|---|
| Frontend | HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap 3, Font Awesome |
| Backend | Node.js, Express.js |
| Database | MongoDB (via Mongoose) |
| Templating Engine | EJS |
| Environment Variables | dotenv |
| File Upload Handling | Multer or similar middleware |
- Clone repo: git clone https://github.com/WinnieYuDev/home-cooking-fullstack
- run
npm install - run
node server.js - Navigate to
localhost:8080
- More responsive and natural styling
- User's name is stored in database and displayed on their post
- Users are able to publicly comment on each other's dishes