Let’s assume that we do orders automatization in a small restaurant. It is an advanced high-tech restaurant where each table is supplied with a touch-based tablet using which a customer can make an order.
 
We won’t pay too much attention to the application for making orders. Lets just assume that a user press a button from time to time to order one more glass of Gloria Ferrer Carneros Pinot Noir 2007 or a serve of the Stuffed London Broil & New Potatoes (please don’t follow the links if you have not had lunch yet .
 
I will give you a handle here to think of the user interface for orders application and we will not come back to it anymore.
 
As soon as a customer has chosen what he wants to eat or drink , the order is automatically sent to a server and is displayed in the list on the kitchen and at the bar counter for the waiters to see the orders.
 
Moreover, the restaurant manager can trace orders for each table, status of an order, how long a dish is being cooked, etc. This interface for the manager we are going to implement in our sample.
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