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Providing tools is essential to be able to [[Data Contribution Team|grow the database]] as fast as possible and maintain its quality.

Providing tools is essential to be able to [[Data Contribution Team|grow the database]] as fast as possible and maintain its quality.

The mobile app and the main website reaches a large public providing them health and environment information. It also enables crowd sourcing the database at a large scale, there UX is important.

The mobile app and the main website reach a large public and provide health and environment information. They also enable crowdsourcing the database at a large scale. Their user experience is very important.

The other tools helps tracking data quality, fixing errors, augment contribution through machine learning etc.

The other tools help tracking data quality, fixing errors, augmenting contribution through machine learning etc.

Having qualitative technical documentation helps a lot reaching new contributors that can help us more efficiently.

Having qualitative technical documentation helps a lot reaching new contributors that can help us more efficiently.

[https://slack.openfoodfacts.org/ Slack channels]:

[https://slack.openfoodfacts.org/ Slack channels]:

*<nowiki>#dev - is a general channel around development</nowiki>

*<nowiki>#dev - is a general channel around development</nowiki>

*#infrastructure - is about managing servers, installing software, etc.

*#<nowiki>#infrastructure - is about managing servers, installing software, etc.</nowiki>

*#documentation - about documentation

*#<nowiki>#documentation - about documentation</nowiki>

*Then software projects have their own channels, for example #product-opener (main server), #mobile_app you may find specific channels in the README of each project

*All our software projects have their own channels, for example #product-opener (main server), #mobile_app. You may find specific channels in the README of each project.

*There are also channels specific to languages: #perl, #flutter, #python, etc. to ask questions specific to the language or develop the SDK

*There are also channels specific to languages: #perl, #flutter, #python, etc. to ask questions specific to the language or develop the SDK

All developments happens on '''GitHub''': https://github.com/openfoodfacts/ (even infrastructure has it's repo)

All developments happens on '''GitHub''': https://github.com/openfoodfacts/ (even infrastructure has its repo)

Some projects have weekly or bimonthly meeting, see README of each projects or [[Events|community calendar.]]

Some projects have weekly or bimonthly meeting, see the README of each projects or [[Events|community calendar.]]

We have a monthly infrastructure meeting (see [[Events|community calendar)]]

We have a monthly infrastructure meeting (see [[Events|community calendar).]]

=== Activities ===

=== Activities ===

* Software development

* Software development

** there is a large variety of projects to develop. see https://github.com/openfoodfacts/

** there is a large variety of projects to develop. see https://github.com/openfoodfacts/

** if you want to help with the core of the project, consider learning perl (server) or flutter (mobile app)

** if you want to help with the core of the project, consider learning Perl (server) or Flutter (mobile app)

** new ideas are also welcome

** new ideas are also welcome

** after one or two successful merge PR you can ask direct access to a repository

** after one or two successful merge PR you can ask direct access to a repository

* Infrastructure

* Infrastructure

** if you have a good level of expertise in Linux, ZFS, Proxmox or some specific architecture, we would really welcome your participation.  see [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-infrastructure/ openfoodfacts-infrastructure repository]

** if you have a good level of expertise in Linux, ZFS, Proxmox or some specific architecture, we would really welcome your participation.  see [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-infrastructure/ openfoodfacts-infrastructure repository]

** [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-monitoring/ monitoring] is also a thing

** [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-monitoring/ monitoring] is also important

** contributing in docker in projects, and CI/CD actions is also much appreciated

** contributing in docker in projects, and CI/CD actions is also much appreciated

* Machine learning

* Machine learning

=== Programs ===

=== Programs ===

Some year we participated in programs like Google Summer Of Code, Google Season of docs, [https://outreachy.org/ outreachy], [https://dataforgood.fr/ data for good],  

We regularly participate in programs like Google Summer Of Code, Google Season of docs, [https://outreachy.org/ outreachy], [https://dataforgood.fr/ data for good],  

If you are interested in mentoring or participating, or if you propose another program, reach us.

If you are interested in mentoring or participating, or if you would like to propose another program, reach out to us.

== Principles ==

== Principles ==