I set about learning a new software for this prototype because it has functionality that I want to include in my product, most importantly the camera interaction. I had dipped my toe in starting the build last week but this week is when it really got going.
Below are the resources I followed to get to grips with Protopie.
Lesson 5: Camera interaction | ProtoPie School
The Basics of Components | Components | ProtoPie Guide
ProtoPie School: Send and receive messages
Having never prototyped a search experience, I didn’t know what went into it and how challenging I would find it. I had quite a lot of trouble around some non-negotiable functionalities.
Conditional logic
I wanted ingredient names to go bold when a user typed them in so that they got some feedback that they had put in something correct. This turned out to be more difficult than expected.
The conditional logic of Protopie isn’t if/then, it operates on a if/always - meaning that once the user had made the text go bold it stayed bold even if they then typed something completely different.
I got a partway fix, if the user clears the search field completely then the type goes back to regular, it isn’t perfect but it’s better than nothing.