1. Introduction
The Foosty Food Delivery Application aims to provide users with a seamless and convenient platform for ordering food from a variety of restaurants. This document outlines the technical requirements necessary to develop and deploy the Foosty application, ensuring scalability, performance, security, and compliance with relevant regulations.
2. Technology Stack
2.1 Frontend
- Framework: React Native for cross-platform mobile application development.
- State Management: Redux for managing application state efficiently.
- UI Components: Material-UI for Android and UIKit for iOS for consistent and visually appealing user interface components.
- Localization: React Internationalization (react-i18next) for multilingual support.
2.2 Backend
- Framework: Node.js with Express.js for building lightweight and scalable RESTful APIs.
- Database: MongoDB for storing user data, restaurant information, orders, and reviews in a flexible and scalable NoSQL database.
- Authentication: JSON Web Tokens (JWT) for secure authentication and authorization of API requests.
- Data Validation: Joi for validating request data and ensuring data integrity.
2.3 Infrastructure
- Cloud Platform: Amazon Web Services (AWS) for cloud hosting, providing scalability, reliability, and security.
- Containers: Docker for containerization of application components for consistent deployment across different environments.
- Orchestration: Kubernetes for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.
- Monitoring: Prometheus and Grafana for monitoring application performance metrics, server health, and resource utilization.
3. Integration Points