Dinely

Our client wanted to create a service that would connect restaurants in Miami with their customers and make this connection most comfortable for users and profitable for restaurants. To satisfy the client’s business goal, we developed a cross-platform mobile app that is a part of an extended platform. The app covers both iOS and Android platforms and is designed for restaurant clients. A wide range of functionalities and features allows users to sign up, browse restaurants, filter them by distance, cuisine, expensiveness, and other parameters like conditions for disabled persons, smoking/non-smoking sections, etc. Also, the app users can get discounts and post ratings and reviews on restaurants.

The app we built from scratch is only a part of the platform that includes a website for restaurants where they can get registered place menus, photos, and discounts, etc., and the admin dashboard where Dinely managers can validate new restaurants, provide content management, etc. The platform is monetized by charging restaurants with every table or a seat booked via the app. In case if the reservation is canceled, the platform automatically returns the money to the restaurant.

One mobile application that covers both iOS and Android platforms is easier and cheaper to support and maintain after the product is launched. For this reason, we chose to build it with React Native. The server side is written in Ruby on Rails and ensures the smooth connection of the web and mobile parts of the system, which is crucial because separate users shouldn’t be able to book the same table for the same time period. The stack of technologies we used for building the platform includes React Native Firebase, React Navigation, React Native Maps, Axios, Redux, and others. The chosen technologies, models, and libraries helped us create a booking application that has multiple API integrations with external services like Apple and Google Maps, payment systems, etc.