Fresh To Market

Story Behind the Project

Fresh To Market is a Bootstrap project created during my time at Full Sail University. The overall requirement for this project was to develop a website using Bootstrap.

I started this project to take a previous project I worked on in a design class and to build upon and expand it into a new project. My inspiration was sites like Amazon, which made it easy to find and buy items with just a few clicks of a mouse. However, I wanted the project to target a more health-focused audience.

Designing the wireframes and conducting my planning research was something that I enjoyed working on. I knew I would be learning Bootstrap for the first time, so I was pretty eager to make my designs come to life. Fast forward a few weeks, I watched a four-hour-long video course on LinkedIn Learning about how to use Bootstrap. I didn’t find it to be too challenging as the Bootstrap website has excellent documentation to look over and provides many examples to use.

I had a bunch of fun with this project and was quite ambitious with the amount of work I got done in about a week and a half using Bootstrap for the first time. This project is something I am looking to expand upon in the future. I want to include a backend and a database to have persistent data, and I would also like to redo the site using React.

About

Fresh to Market is a project inspired by the concept of selling fresh produce to people in need. The primary function of this project is to utilize bootstrap to make a responsive website that can function and look good on all different screen sizes. The project features an option to search for select items, a way for a user to log in, sign up, and even an option to add items to your cart and clear your cart.

Problem Statement

The problem is that the applications/sites out there don’t put the power into the hands of local farmers and consumers. Most of the time, stores contract a small number of farmers to gain access to their products, making it harder for new farmers to get into the market themselves. How can we help farmers sell high-quality organic goods and provide that to people who don’t feel comfortable going out in these times and enjoy eating farm-fresh quality?

Solution Statement

The solution is a simple one, Fresh To Market’s goal is simple, to help people. Farmers all over the nation struggle to get their goods on the market and are unable to make ends meet consistently. People worldwide shouldn’t be denied fresh grown organic goods at a reasonable price. At Fresh to Market, this is our way to help consumers and farmers alike by creating a virtual storefront. Fresh To Market focuses on easy-to-use UI/UX and giving power back to the consumer.

Key Features

  • See the number of items in your cart at a glance.
  • Adding items to your cart.
  • Removing items from your cart.
  • Search feature for categories like fruits, veggies, and more.

Tech Stack

Bootstrap, JavaScript, Front-end development, CSS