Mini Restaurant Finder

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Mini Restaurant Finder web app project for Alpha Camp Semester 3

Getting Started

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This mini web project is a website for searching restaurants in Taipei, Taiwan and displaying relevant details.¹

This project is established on Node.js, Express, and Handlebars.

• Node.js: For creating a local server and a script designing server actions
• Express: For setting up routing rules for directing users to specific webpages
• Handlebars: For creating reusable webpage templates

Installing

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To run this project, take the steps using the console:

1. Download this project from GitHub:

git clone https://github.com/zongronghuang/restaurant_list.git restaurant_list

2. Go to the restaurant_list folder.

3. Install Express using the console:

npm install express

4. Install Handlebars

npm -i express-handlebars

5. Launch the local server:

node app.js

6. Open a web browser and enter the URL:

localhost:3000

7. Now you can use the web app to view and search restaurants.

Features

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Overview

1. The homepage lists all recorded restaurants and provides the restaurants' names, categories, and user ratings.

Search by keyword:

1. Enter a keyword (English or Chinese) in the top search field.
2. Press Enter or click the magnifying glass to find matched restaurants.

View details:

1. Click on a desired restaurant to show its defailed information (e.g., telephone, address, and description).

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1: The restaurant profiles and the project as well as the screenshot are only for educational purpose, with no intention of copyright infringement.