Culinary Canvas — Java Kitchen Ingredient List App · Matt Alexius

My very first college project — a kitchen ingredients list desktop app written in Java. Where the journey into software began.

Culinary Canvas is a simple kitchen ingredients list application built using Java. This was my very first college project, where I learned the basics of programming logic, data handling, and user interaction.

What I learned

The first project teaches you patience. Compile, run, fix, repeat — the loop you’ll spend the next decade in. Also: even a tiny app benefits from thinking about edge cases (empty lists, duplicate entries) before writing the happy path.