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📋 Overview

LittleLemon is a full-stack restaurant management system built as a Coursera capstone project. It provides a web interface for restaurant operations including menu management, table booking, and user authentication — powered by Django and the Django REST Framework.

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✨ Features

Feature	Description
🍽️ Menu Management	Full CRUD for restaurant menu items with pricing and inventory tracking
📅 Table Booking	Customer booking system with guest count and date/time management
🔐 User Authentication	Token-based auth with user registration and permissions
📊 RESTful API	Expose menu, bookings, and users via DRF endpoints
🖥️ Admin Dashboard	Django admin interface for staff management

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🛠️ Tech Stack

Backend          Django 5.2 · Django REST Framework · Python 3.x
Database         SQLite (dev) · Django ORM
Authentication   Django Auth · Token-based API auth
Serialization    ModelSerializers for Booking, Menu, User
Testing          Django TestCase · DRF API TestCase

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🏗️ Architecture

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                     Client (Browser)                      │
└─────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────┘
                      │ HTTP / AJAX
                      ▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│               Django Application (LittleLemon)            │
│  ┌────────────┐  ┌────────────┐  ┌──────────────────┐   │
│  │  Templates  │  │    URLs    │  │  DRF Serializers │   │
│  │  (HTML/CSS) │  │  /menu/   │  │  MenuSerializer  │   │
│  │             │  │  /booking │  │  BookingSerializer│   │
│  │             │  │  /api/    │  │  UserSerializer   │   │
│  └────────────┘  └─────┬──────┘  └────────┬─────────┘   │
│                        │                   │              │
│                        ▼                   ▼              │
│              ┌──────────────────────────────────┐         │
│              │       Django ORM / Models         │         │
│              │  Booking · Menu · MenuItem · User │         │
│              └──────────────┬───────────────────┘         │
└─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────┘
                              │
                              ▼
                    ┌──────────────────┐
                    │     SQLite DB     │
                    │  (db.sqlite3)     │
                    └──────────────────┘

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🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Python 3.x
• pip (Python package manager)
• Virtual environment (recommended)

Setup

# 1. Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/sorisk3-git/Capstone-project.git
cd Capstone-project/LittleLemon

# 2. Create and activate a virtual environment
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

# 3. Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

# 4. Configure environment (optional — defaults work for SQLite)
cp ../.env.example ../.env  # Edit if using MySQL

# 5. Run database migrations
python manage.py migrate

# 6. Create a superuser (admin)
python manage.py createsuperuser

# 7. Start the development server
python manage.py runserver

Visit http://localhost:8000 in your browser.

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🔌 API Endpoints

Method	Endpoint	Description	Auth Required
GET/POST	/menu-items/	List / create menu items	✅
GET/PUT/DELETE	/menu-item/<id>	Retrieve / update / delete menu item	✅
GET/POST	/booking/tables/	List / create bookings	✅
GET/PUT/DELETE	/booking/tables/<id>	Retrieve / update / delete booking	✅
POST	/api-token-auth	Obtain authentication token	❌
GET	/message/	Protected test endpoint	✅

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📚 What I Learned

• Building RESTful APIs with Django REST Framework
• Model serialization and validation patterns
• Token-based authentication workflows
• Django ORM query optimization
• Test-driven development with Django's test suite
• Handling merge conflicts in collaborative workflows

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License — see the LICENSE file for details.

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_{Built as part of the Coursera Django Backend Specialization
© 2025 · SoRisk3}