Grocery Guru Log

Week of Jan. 23 - Jan. 29

• created our WikiPage
• brainstormed ideas regarding nutrition, groceries, and efficiency
• considered creating an iPhone app that reads the barcodes on food products, and used the codes to help the user live a healthy lifestyle
• talked about the possible applications a health-related iPhone app could have in hospital use
• decided to instead make an iPhone app that aids a shopper as they make their way through a grocery store, such as Schnucks
• brainstormed a list of functions our app could perform that would aid the average shopper: speed through the store, ease in finding products, map of the store, what products are available for purchase, how long their shopping run will take, etc.

Week of Jan 30. - Feb. 5

• the three members of our team met up on Wednesday to draft an outline of our proposal
• drafted an overview and brainstormed a list of challenges, objectives, and a budget
• we were assigned Andrew O’Sullivan as a TA
• met with Andrew on Thursday and finalized each the components of our proposal (mentioned in previous bullets)
• he helped us brainstorm ideas for our demo in order to make it interactive
• with Andrew's help, we learned the basics of how to create an iPhone app, including the possibility of needing to obtain a developer's license

Week of Feb. 6 - Feb. 12

• we met with Andrew on Tuesday to discuss problems with our proposal
• we added the challenge and the objective to make our app able to scan a limited number of barcodes on grocery items, so that our project is able to carry out a demo rather than a simulation
• Maggie researched app development and completed an app developing lesson provided by Apple https://developer.apple.com/library/content/referencelibrary/GettingStarted/DevelopiOSAppsSwift/BuildABasicUI.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40015214-CH5-SW1
• Amelia researched different apps that have similar capabilities to our idea, including the Schnucks app
• Anna edited and revised our proposal