anjuuu999/recipe-manager-python

Purpose and Entry Point

A standalone Python 3 console application for creating, browsing, searching, and categorizing recipes. The executable entry point and primary application implementation are in W2212865_recipe_manager.py.

Console Menu Controller

W2212865_recipe_manager.py contains the menu-driven control loop and user interaction flow. It presents available operations, collects console input, validates choices, dispatches to recipe operations, and returns users to the menu until exit.

Recipe Management Domain

The application manages recipe records containing detailed recipe information, including ingredients and category. Core user capabilities—viewing all recipes, adding recipes, searching by ingredient, and filtering by meal category—are implemented in W2212865_recipe_manager.py.

Input Validation Boundary

All user-provided menu selections and recipe fields pass through validation logic before processing or persistence. This protects the in-memory recipe workflow from malformed console input and enforces supported categories such as breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert, and snack. Validation is centralized within W2212865_recipe_manager.py.

Persistence Layer

Recipe data is persisted as text in Recipes.txt. The application reads stored recipes into its working representation at startup or when needed, modifies that representation through user operations, and writes updated data back to Recipes.txt. File I/O uses Python built-ins; there is no database or network service.

Search and Filtering Flow

Search/filter operations consume the loaded recipe collection without requiring external services:

• Ingredient search selects matching recipe records.

• Category filtering selects recipes belonging to a requested category.

• Result records are rendered as detailed console output.

These flows are implemented by functions in W2212865_recipe_manager.py and depend on the persistent source data in Recipes.txt.

Runtime and Supporting Artifacts

The runtime is Python 3 with standard-library-only dependencies, launched via python W2212865_recipe_manager.py. README.txt provides original submission documentation, while W2212865_design_testing.pdf captures the coursework design and test report; neither is part of the runtime path.