To become a front end developer I know I need at least 3 projects for my portfolio. This one has taken me a while to do. I looked at one of my favourite websites and treated it as a front end mentor project.
It has been created in html, css and vanilla javascript. The hardest part was making it responsive and look good across a variety of devices. Google Maps API was also challenging. I also had to get out of my comfort zone of using flexbox for everything and embrace grid.
It’s not finished but it has taken me so long and I just need to know from fellow coders if I have what it takes?
I was going to add food menus and a booking form to complete the project. Is it necessary for the website to be fully functional where every single button has a purpose?
First of all great job with the site and also that you are going the right path: Just do the projects even if they make you feel uncomfortable!
Let me help you to start optimizing the performance: You have some gigantic image sizes up to almost 3MB. It takes almost 12 seconds to load the page on our fast network here. A simple site like yours should take less than a second.
Hosting on GitHub might mean not having the fastest servers, but still:
Try to compress the images below 300kb and look into image optimization like lazy loading. You are already using the right formats with jpegs and webp.
Best get familiar with the network developer tool above when testing media heavy apps and websites. Modern users are impatient. You will be golden for employers when you know how to optimize speeds.
You are on the right path, like I said, keep up the good work!
