Milestone Report ‐ Milestone Summaries

Project Milestone Summary

Milestone 1 (April 25, 2025)

Main Goal

Present the requirements and initial design of the application to the customer. Demonstrate a basic version of the application with partial feature implementation to gather early feedback.

Sub-goals

• Complete requirements and design related documentation
• Learn the basics of backend, frontend and mobile development
• Set up the skeleton of the implementation

Deliverables

• Requirements Specification Document
• Scenarios
• Use Case Diagrams
• Class Diagrams
• Sequence Diagrams

Achievements

• Developed a comprehensive glossary of project-specific terms and definitions.
• Documented detailed functional and non-functional requirements for the system.
• Created a complete Software Requirements Specification (SRS) document.
• Formulated and conducted elicitation questions to understand stakeholder needs.
• Designed comprehensive use case diagrams illustrating system interactions.
• Researched and selected appropriate communication platforms for team collaboration.
• Established a contribution guide detailing coding standards and workflow processes.
• Designed a class diagram representing the system's architecture and relationships.
• Created visual mockups of the user interface for key application screens.
• Developed detailed scenarios describing typical user interactions with the system.
• Created and populated a database with nutritional information for 500 common food items.
• Designed and implemented initial frontend page layouts and components.
• Set up the basic mobile application environment and development workflow.
• Implemented a testing structure for frontend components and functionality.
• Created and documented mock APIs for development and testing purposes.
• Completed the MySQL database migration for persistent data storage.
• Established the base structure for the backend API architecture.
• Implemented core login and signup functionality in the backend.
• Researched containerization methods and deployment strategies using Docker.

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Milestone 1.5 (May 11, 2025)

Main Goal

Speed up implementations and retain momentum lost due to unexpected events. Implement the selected subset of requirements planned for Milestone 2.

Sub-goals

• Determine and implement backend endpoints required for milestone requirements
• Start integration of endpoints to frontend and mobile
• Research deployment of website and mobile APK release

Achievements

• Bootstrapped the backend forum application with essential structure and core functionality.
• Implemented common API endpoints and established connections with the frontend application.
• Added a comprehensive nutrition scoring system to the database for food item evaluation.
• Developed backend support for tagging posts with relevant categories and keywords.
• Created an administrative panel for system management and content moderation.
• Implemented backend pagination to improve performance when displaying large data sets.

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Milestone 2 (May 14, 2025)

Main Goal

Final stage of the project for the semester. Implement selected requirements and present a populated, functional demo to demonstrate system capabilities.

Sub-goals

• Implement any missing endpoints and integrate with frontend and mobile
• Deploy the application and release mobile APK
• Populate the database with real-world data

Deliverables

• Final Milestone Report
• Project Repository (including Issues, Wiki, and implementation)
• Live Demo with Sample Data

Achievements

• Implemented user authentication requirements ensuring users must log in to access protected features.
• Refactored the entire codebase to improve structure, enhance reusability, and maintain consistency.
• Successfully integrated all backend endpoints with both frontend and mobile applications.
• Populated the food database with comprehensive and accurate nutritional information.
• Created a Dockerfile for containerized deployment to simplify installation and scaling.
• Developed recipe models in the backend and integrated recipe functionality with the frontend.
• Generated and tested a deployable APK package for the mobile application.
• Established consistent styling guidelines and implementation across web frontend and mobile interfaces.
• Ensured functional consistency and feature parity between web and mobile platforms.

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Requirements to be Implemented

1.1. Food Database

• 1.1.1 The system shall include a list of at least 500 common food items with nutritional details, including protein, fat, and caloric content.
• 1.1.3 The system shall calculate and display a nutrition score (scale of 0.00-10.00) for each food item based on:
  • Protein content (30% of score)
  • Carbohydrate quality (30% of score, favoring complex carbs over simple sugars)
  • Nutrient balance (40% of score, representing the overall balance of macro and micronutrients)
• 1.1.4 (If possible, a subset) The system shall support the following dietary options:
  • a) Low-fat
  • b) High-protein
  • c) Vegetarian
  • d) Vegan
  • e) Celiac-friendly
  • f) Gluten-free
  • g) Lactose-free

1.4. Forum & Nutrition Tips

• 1.4.1 Posts shall have tags, and the post owners shall be able to edit those tags.
• 1.4.2 Users shall be able to write free-text forum posts.
• 1.4.3 Nutrition tips shall be provided to guide users on healthy eating habits.
• 1.4.4 Users shall be able to browse forum posts.
• 1.4.5 Users shall be able to filter posts by tags and sort them by rating.
• 1.4.6 Users shall be able to interact with forum posts by:
  • a) Liking posts
  • b) Commenting on posts
  • c) Sharing posts via a link
  • d) Unliking liked posts
• 1.4.7 Posts can have tags that could be used for filtering:
  • a) Dietary tip
  • b) Recipe
  • c) Meal plan

1.7. Account Management

• 1.7.1 Users shall be able to sign up by giving their email address, choosing a unique username and a secure password.
• 1.7.2 Users shall be able to log in using their username and password.
• 1.7.3 Users shall be able to log out of their account.