What is lunchly?

Lunchly is a fictional company used as an example in the Springboard software engineering bootcamp curriculum. It serves as a practice project for building a web application using Python and the Flask framework. The application is designed to manage customer and reservation data for a lunch-oriented business.

Key features of Lunchly include:

  • Customer Management: The application allows users to add, edit, and view customer information, such as names, notes, and contact details.

  • Reservation Tracking: Lunchly enables users to create, modify, and view reservations associated with specific customers. This includes details like the date, time, and number of guests.

  • Reporting and Analytics: The application may offer basic reporting functionalities to provide insights into customer behavior and reservation patterns.

The Lunchly project is beneficial for learning fundamental web development concepts, including:

  • Database Interaction: Working with a database (often PostgreSQL) to store and retrieve customer and reservation data.

  • Templating: Using a templating engine (like Jinja2) to generate dynamic HTML pages.

  • Routing: Defining routes to handle different HTTP requests and display appropriate content.

  • Form Handling: Processing user input from forms for creating and updating data.

Lunchly serves as a practical introduction to building web applications using Python and Flask, and it helps developers gain experience with common web development tasks.