Calorie Counter App

Getting and staying healthy requires a combination of mental balance, exercise, and nutrition. The Calorie Counter app helps users address nutritional needs by counting calories for various foods using comprehensive USDA nutritional data.

This app provides experience in transforming raw data, implementing advanced search functionality, and building health-focused applications.

User Stories:

• Developer will create a JSON file containing food items loaded when the app starts
• User can see a panel with a food description input, 'Search' button, and 'Clear' button
• User can enter search terms into the food description input box
• User can click the 'Search' button to find matching foods
• User can see warning messages for empty searches or no matches
• User can see a scrollable results list (limited to 25 entries) showing matching food items, portion sizes, and calories
• User can click 'Clear' to reset search terms and results

Bonus Features:

• User can see the count of matching food items adjacent to the results list
• User can use wildcard characters in search terms
• User can load more than 25 entries by clicking a "Load More" button
• User can track daily calorie intake with a food diary
• User can set calorie goals and track progress
• User can see nutritional information beyond calories (protein, carbs, fat, vitamins)
• User can create and save meal plans
• User can scan barcodes to add foods
• User can track water intake and exercise
• User can see visual charts of nutritional data
• User can export nutrition reports

What you'll learn:

• Large dataset processing and optimization
• Advanced search algorithms and indexing
• Data transformation from Excel/CSV to JSON
• Performance optimization for large data searches
• Nutritional data visualization
• Local storage for user tracking data
• Complex filtering and sorting algorithms
• Health and fitness application architecture
• Data import/export functionality
• Search result pagination and performance