# 🎨 WDC #13 Create an app to showcase a place or culture you care about

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/wdc-13-create-an-app-to-showcase-a-place-or-culture-you-care-about/1255373>\
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**Created:** [April 30, 2021, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/wdc-13-create-an-app-to-showcase-a-place-or-culture-you-care-about/1255373 "2021-04-30T15:33:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 11:36pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/wdc-13-create-an-app-to-showcase-a-place-or-culture-you-care-about/1255373/12 "2021-05-02T23:36:11Z")

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## Bánh Mì Near Me

 ![IMG_3713.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/5/e/5e8af4d5b99f3ea4bf6402f18cc34ad985360f89.jpeg) ![IMG_3715.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/3/4/34f671a37456bbf8164b5d3f81ce286dfae10278.jpeg) ![IMG_3714.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/2/d/2d4cf97ed84ca8f36c8623ef618d933c4cf0c27a.jpeg)

**Web App demo** (limited functionality – Yelp API and YouTube playback via Web Viewer do not work in a browser):

> **[thunkablecompanion](https://thunkable.site/w/VukDhec94)**

**Video demo:**

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1GerT_L99-A/maxresdefault.jpg "Bánh Mì Near Me demo") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GerT_L99-A)

I think this is a great WDC theme but I was a little overwhelmed thinking about how to make something for it. It feels like something that would take me a while to create.

But what popped into my mind was… food! I’ve been on kind of a mission to find the best Bánh Mì sandwich in the SF Bay Area. Bánh Mì are Vietnamese sandwiches. I’ve so far sampled about a dozen restaurants’ faire.

And I realize that what I’ve created here is just a limited version of Yelp but… once in a while it’s good to be able to narrow the focus and just create an app for me. 🙂

And the beauty of this approach, which is API based, is that by changing one text string from “Bánh Mì” to anything else (“steak”, “dessert”, “vegan, etc.”), I could instantly have an app that focuses on another type of cuisine. **Here’s the exact same app but with “hot fudge sundae” replacing “Bánh Mì”:**

 ![IMG_3716](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/b/3/b34e9b3538fc356f436649ccaf5c60c9be192007.jpeg)

**Cultural caveats:**  
I realize that food in of itself does not represent a culture holistically and also that this particular food is born from colonialization. So focusing on it is potentially problematic. The [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4HA1ejw_hA) I included in the app does go into that history briefly.

**Components used:**  
Web API (Yelp Fusion API)  
Web Viewer  
Location Sensor  
Data Viewer Grid

**External Sites used:**  
[https://getemoji.com](https://getemoji.com) for text-based button icons  
[Best JSON Viewer and JSON Beautifier Online](https://codebeautify.org/jsonviewer) for re-formatting API results  
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4HA1ejw\_hA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4HA1ejw_hA)  
[https://www.color-hex.com/color-palettes](https://www.color-hex.com/color-palettes) for color palettes with hex values

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