Foodmakers & Open Source
October 16th, 2008 by jayOpen source software makes Foodoro.com possible.
So what is open source? Basically, it’s the practice of getting and sharing content of almost any kind. The open source software that we use at Foodoro has been created by a devoted community of folks who share, edit and critique each other’s contributions. Here’s Wikipedia’s take on open source.
It’s a philosophy we’re trying to extend by organizing and distributing information about foodmakers for free. Just like Yelp does for restaurants or Google does for any kind of information, Foodoro wants to make it easy for folks to find information about foodmakers and their products.
We’ve already gotten suggestions for hundreds of companies from bloggers, foodmakers and others but we know there are many more gems out there. If you know of any amazing food companies or products that everyone should know about, please email hello@foodoro.com!
June 29th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
If its not confidential could you please disclose what is the open source technology you are using for making Foodoro.com possible
July 4th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
Sure, we at Foodoro leverage open source as much as we possibly can. Firstly, our system is built on a LAMP stack. Furthermore, our site utilizes various open source packages from the presentation tier down to the data tier. Some examples include jquery and mootools, as well as an open source templating framework and testing frameworks such as JUnit and SimpleTest. There are a lot more pieces to our site, but those are some examples to name a few.
August 23rd, 2009 at 2:06 am
What ecommerce backend is Foodoro using?
September 17th, 2009 at 4:58 pm
Wouldn’t open source for food involve sharing things like recipes?