Menu_App_Little_Lemon

A sleek React Native & Expo menu application for browsing dishes, built as the final project for Coursera’s Working with Data course. Dynamically fetches menu items, offers filtering, and search functionality.

✨ Features

• 📡 Dynamic Data Fetching: Pulls menu items from a live JSON API
• 🎯 Smart Filtering: Sort dishes by category (Appetizers, Mains, Desserts)
• 🔍 Instant Search: Find items by name or ingredients
• 📱 Native Experience: Built with React Native & Expo for smooth performance
• 💾 Local Caching: Uses Expo SQLite for offline data persistence

🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js ≥18.x
• Expo CLI (npm install -g expo-cli)
• Expo Go App (for mobile testing)

Installation

1. Clone the repo

   git clone https://github.com/pro804/Menu_App_Little_Lemon.git
   cd menu-app
   

2. npm install

3. npm start

Running the App

1. Mobile Device:

Open Expo Go app

Scan QR code from terminal/expo dashboard

1. Emulator:

Press a for Android or i for iOS in the terminal

Requires Android Studio/Xcode installed

🛠️ Technologies Frontend: React Native (Expo)

State Management: React Context API

Database: Expo SQLite

Networking: Axios

Styling: React Native StyleSheet

🤝 Contributing Contributions welcome! Follow these steps:

1. Fork the project

2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)

3. Commit changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')

4. Push to branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)

5. Open a Pull Request

📜 License Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.

🙏 Acknowledgments Coursera’s Working with Data course team

Expo documentation contributors

React Native community