<commit_before># Ottawa Chip Truck Finder

Ottawa Chip Truck Finder is a small, simple application that helps residents, or visitors to the city, find the nearest chip wagon. Its a responsive desktop web application making it easy to use on a mobile device.

### Features

- Lists the locations of chip trucks in the city.
- Users can enter the location of an unlisted chip truck.


## Learning goals

- Making a database & discovering the ins-and-outs of using it to build an application
- To explore and apply mobile first techniques and responsive web design
- Applying web design skills to make not only an attractive and professional looking site, but one that is also user-friendly
Developing this app will help me achieve my learning goals as I use the necessary techniques and technologies to create the finished product  a live, functional application. 

## Future learning goals
- To add a 'find by location' feature to the database

### Technologies & techniques

- Mobile first and responsive web design.
- HTML, CSS, PHP Javascript, MySQL


## Similar applications

- [Yelp](http://www.yelp.ca/search?find_desc=Chip+Wagon&find_loc=Ottawa%2C+ON)

	yelp.ca touts itself as being the fun and easy way to find and talk about great (and not so great) local businesses. A search for Chip Trucks reveals a list of 17 results but only eight of those are chip wagons, the rest are a mishmash of restaurant listings. 
	The review and ratings are helpful but the site is inconsistent  some of the chip wagons have photographs, others dont. There is a free mobile app available.
### Differences
	My app will be more focused: its sole purpose is to locate chip trucks in Ottawa. Users wont have to wade through irrelevant listings to find what they want. The look and feel of my app will be more consistent and attractive.


- [House Numbers](http://www.housenumbers.ca/ottawachiptrucks.html)
	
	housenumbers.ca has a page devoted to a handful of chip trucks in Ottawa but, upon closer inspection, it appears to be a promotional website for a local photographer. 
	Each of the eight chip trucks listed has a very large photograph. The only information about the trucks location is written below the photo and poor programming has caused half of the text to be illegible. At the bottom of the page there is a cornucopia of links to random photographs  everything from antique shops and tall ships to the Ottawa Tulip Festival

### Differences

	My chip truck locator will be more usable. Instead of having the option to link to multiple other pages it will be focused on giving users the information they came for: the location of chip trucks in Ottawa. 
	My app will not hog precious download time by using giant photographs and the information will be clear and easy to read.

- [Ottawa Foodies](http://ottawafoodies.com/tag/7)
	
	Ottawa Foodies provides user-generated information about a vast array of eating establishments throughout the city. Searching for chip trucks brings you to a long list of vendors, not all of which are chip trucks (Booster Juice falls into this category, for instance). Clicking on a name in the list brings you to a full page of user comments and reviews about that establishment. 
	Addresses are not always listed or easy to find. Although user reviews can be helpful, this site has a lot of long ones making it time consuming to read through.

### Differences

	My chip truck locator will be more focused and only show the location of chip wagons. It will also be very easy for users to find the addresses of each truck.

## User research

Ottawa Chip Truck Finder is primarily targeted to people who live and work in the city with construction workers, delivery truck drivers and couriers among the main focus. While most people who work in the city know where the closest chip truck is in relation to their office building, workers who rove for a living dont always know which end of town theyll be in when hunger strikes.  

### Pascal

Pascal is a 27-year-old UPS Driver in Ottawa.

- Loves the classic heavy metal he grew up listening to with his father
- Still lives with his parents but is saving up to buy a small condo of his own
- Has a baseball hat collection
- Favourite drink: Labatt 50
- Loves restoring old cars
- Has a mullet
- Couldn't live without the GPS app on his smartphone
- His job starts so early in the morning that he rarely finds time to pack a lunch and buys food on the road most days

#### Motivations

- Pascal has a great work ethic but lives by the lyrics to Loverboy's classic song "Everybody's Workin' for the Weekend".

#### Demotivations

- Pascal can't stand impatient drivers, cold French fries and <NAME>.<commit_msg>tried fixing error in "differences"<commit_after># Ottawa Chip Truck Finder

Ottawa Chip Truck Finder is a small, simple application that helps residents, or visitors to the city, find the nearest chip wagon. Its a responsive desktop web application making it easy to use on a mobile device.

### Features

- Lists the locations of chip trucks in the city.
- Users can enter the location of an unlisted chip truck.


## Learning goals

- Making a database & discovering the ins-and-outs of using it to build an application
- To explore and apply mobile first techniques and responsive web design
- Applying web design skills to make not only an attractive and professional looking site, but one that is also user-friendly
Developing this app will help me achieve my learning goals as I use the necessary techniques and technologies to create the finished product  a live, functional application. 

## Future learning goals
- To add a 'find by location' feature to the database

### Technologies & techniques

- Mobile first and responsive web design.
- HTML, CSS, PHP Javascript, MySQL


## Similar applications

- [Yelp](http://www.yelp.ca/search?find_desc=Chip+Wagon&find_loc=Ottawa%2C+ON)

	yelp.ca touts itself as being the fun and easy way to find and talk about great (and not so great) local businesses. A search for Chip Trucks reveals a list of 17 results but only eight of those are chip wagons, the rest are a mishmash of restaurant listings. 
	The review and ratings are helpful but the site is inconsistent  some of the chip wagons have photographs, others dont. There is a free mobile app available.

	### Differences
	My app will be more focused: its sole purpose is to locate chip trucks in Ottawa. Users wont have to wade through irrelevant listings to find what they want. The look and feel of my app will be more consistent and attractive.


- [House Numbers](http://www.housenumbers.ca/ottawachiptrucks.html)
	
	housenumbers.ca has a page devoted to a handful of chip trucks in Ottawa but, upon closer inspection, it appears to be a promotional website for a local photographer. 
	Each of the eight chip trucks listed has a very large photograph. The only information about the trucks location is written below the photo and poor programming has caused half of the text to be illegible. At the bottom of the page there is a cornucopia of links to random photographs  everything from antique shops and tall ships to the Ottawa Tulip Festival

### Differences

	My chip truck locator will be more usable. Instead of having the option to link to multiple other pages it will be focused on giving users the information they came for: the location of chip trucks in Ottawa. 
	My app will not hog precious download time by using giant photographs and the information will be clear and easy to read.

- [Ottawa Foodies](http://ottawafoodies.com/tag/7)
	
	Ottawa Foodies provides user-generated information about a vast array of eating establishments throughout the city. Searching for chip trucks brings you to a long list of vendors, not all of which are chip trucks (Booster Juice falls into this category, for instance). Clicking on a name in the list brings you to a full page of user comments and reviews about that establishment. 
	Addresses are not always listed or easy to find. Although user reviews can be helpful, this site has a lot of long ones making it time consuming to read through.

### Differences

	My chip truck locator will be more focused and only show the location of chip wagons. It will also be very easy for users to find the addresses of each truck.

## User research

Ottawa Chip Truck Finder is primarily targeted to people who live and work in the city with construction workers, delivery truck drivers and couriers among the main focus. While most people who work in the city know where the closest chip truck is in relation to their office building, workers who rove for a living dont always know which end of town theyll be in when hunger strikes.  

### Pascal

Pascal is a 27-year-old UPS Driver in Ottawa.

- Loves the classic heavy metal he grew up listening to with his father
- Still lives with his parents but is saving up to buy a small condo of his own
- Has a baseball hat collection
- Favourite drink: Labatt 50
- Loves restoring old cars
- Has a mullet
- Couldn't live without the GPS app on his smartphone
- His job starts so early in the morning that he rarely finds time to pack a lunch and buys food on the road most days

#### Motivations

- Pascal has a great work ethic but lives by the lyrics to Loverboy's classic song "Everybody's Workin' for the Weekend".

#### Demotivations

- Pascal can't stand impatient drivers, cold French fries and <NAME>.
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