Conducted qualitative interviews and surveys with people of varying culinary ability
Synthesized interview results into categories that would later define the main functions of the app
Summary of the main objectives of the app
Detailed personas defining the main users
Analysis of competing apps, specifically the features that were relevant to the needs of users, as well as other practical functions that might serve secondary objectives. Social media apps were also examined separately for messaging functionality a
Defining the main three user flows
Diagram of user flow no. 1 (viewing a recipe in your feed; adding it to your recipe book; and editing it). The corresponding wireframes with highlighted actions are below. 
Prototype.   1. Main screen with user's feed composed of recipes posted to the app by friends.  2. View of user's recipe book with recipes from feed or user's own recipes. Filtering feature shown.  3. View of recipe in editing
4. Screen showing the ability to add photos without recipes. Recipes may be added later.  5. Screens showing the messaging feature. Having this contained within the app eliminates cooking instructions being lost in external texts, emails, a
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