Creating a Stellar Food Delivery App with React JS: A Step-by-Step Guide
Are you ready to dive into the fascinating world of web development and unleash the power of React JS? In today’s digital era, food delivery apps have become the cornerstone of the culinary industry, revolutionizing the way we experience food. This comprehensive guide will walk you through creating a full-stack food ordering web app using React JS, covering the front end, backend, and admin panel development with the help of the MERN stack. So, grab your coding gear, and let’s get started on building an app that’s as appetizing as the dishes it delivers!
Project Overview and Initial Setup
Embarking on this journey, we begin with a project overview that sets the stage for our food ordering website. Imagine a homepage bustling with a variety of food items, neatly categorized for an effortless browsing experience. The responsive design ensures a seamless view across different screen sizes, while the sign-up and login functionalities create a personalized user space.
Setting up involves creating a project folder named “foodDel” for food delivery and using VS Code as our development environment. We leverage npm to create our React project and install essential dependencies, including the pivotal “react-router-dom” for managing our app’s routes.
Building the Navbar Component
A navigation bar (navbar) acts as the compass of our website, guiding users through the food landscape. We craft a navbar that is not only visually appealing but also functional, incorporating elements like the logo, menu links, a search icon, and a sign-in button. Utilizing CSS, we style our navbar to perfection, ensuring it’s both inviting and intuitive.
Creating an Engaging Homepage
The homepage is where the heart of our app beats. Here, we introduce a header component that showcases tantalizing images and catchy text to capture the culinary curiosity of our users. As we integrate assets like icons and images, the homepage comes to life, setting the stage for a delightful food discovery journey.
Exploring the Menu with React
A crucial feature of our app is the ability to explore the menu dynamically. We tap into React’s state management to filter food items based on categories like desserts, noodles, and more. This interactive menu not only enhances user engagement but also showcases the versatility of React in handling UI challenges.
From Cart to Checkout: A Seamless Flow
Adding food items to the cart is just the beginning. We design a cart page that details the product image, name, price, and total cost, including delivery charges. The checkout process is streamlined, leading the user from selecting their delivery information to the payment page, where we integrate Stripe for secure transactions.
The Admin Panel: Powering the Platform
Behind every great app is an efficient admin panel. Our admin panel allows for the addition, listing, and management of orders and food items. Changing the status of orders to ‘Out for Delivery’ or ‘Delivered’ is a breeze, ensuring a smooth operational flow from the kitchen to the customer’s doorstep.
Deploying and Managing Your App
For deploying and managing our food delivery app, we consider hosting and security services like Cloudways and Backblaze to ensure our application runs smoothly and data is securely backed up. Using tools like React Developer Tools and monitoring software helps us keep a pulse on app performance and user experience.
Conclusion
Creating a complete food delivery app with React JS is an exhilarating journey that blends creativity with technical prowess. From the initial setup to deploying a fully-functional app, every step is a learning opportunity to explore the vast capabilities of React and the MERN stack. Whether you’re a seasoned developer or just starting, this guide provides the foundation to build a food delivery app that not only meets but exceeds user expectations.
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Timestamps
00:00 Project Overview
06:39 React Project Setup
11:53 Create navigation bar
30:55 Create Pages
33:47 Setup React Router
37:13 Create Website Header
46:17 Create Menu Items
01:02:42 Create Food List component
01:45:39 Create Footer
01:58:50 Create Add Download component
02:04:38 Make the website responsive
02:15:03 Create Sign in / Sign up Component
02:35:34 Create Cart Page
03:09:42 Create Place order page
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@remember.772
But how do we know who ordered the dish based on the information he fill when he log in cause this is the main part of it
@kts_computer
Hai bro filtering not working for me ? can help anyone ?
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@user-sg1zb5cz5q
please use tailwind
@SipheleleZulu-jg4wr
Thank you so much
@gklelei5163
When to expect the backend tutorial because its just dope following along as you code
@tarakchakraborty2997
Bro pls guide us how to deploy
@CodeKaroo
Bhai iska hi backend ka bhi videos banao bhai please
@DEBUGENTITY
Bhai next js + tailwind pr banao
@psapajith2336
Thanks for this amazing project, i finished this project with tailwind css and will try replace useContext with redux toolkit.Learned a lot from this project especially on css. waiting for the backend.
@TheCodingCollege8462
thank you so much brother your videos are awesome it helps me allot
@SHbossTV
Hy your project is very beutiful but i a make to try this project but nothing in cart so solve this proble please bro…..π©π
@bilal5488
Need mern project
@NitinSharma-qx4ff
when will part 2 come?
@NIYONKURUSamuel-eu3tg
Thank you a lot sir ,but bring us part 2 it will be good
@hugomendez7659
In your next projects can you add pagination and upload more images ? Thanks.
@edsHTML
Cool video broππ
@uzochukwuuzuegbunam6109
Video is incomplete i did not see how w admins pannel was created and backend as well
@muhammaduseram9405
please do deployment of these projects as well
@user-wb4lh7we3k
Thank you so much… Waiting for next video…
@ahmedamin8134
file mount file not working in vs code