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== Introduction ==
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'''Product Opener''' is the software used by ''Open Food Facts'' to create and maintain its collaborative database of food products in open data.
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Product Opener is the software used by Open Food Facts to create and maintain its collaborative database of food products in open data.
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[[File:ProductOpenerStructure.png|thumbnail|Diagram explaining the infrastructure of ''Product Opener'']]
 
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[[File:ProductOpenerStructure.png|thumbnail]]
      
== Open source ==
 
== Open source ==
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Product Opener will be released under an open source licence so that it can be reused by other projects, for instance to open the data for other types of products.
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Product Opener is released under the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Affero_General_Public_License GNU Affero License], a free, copyleft license so that it can be reused by other projects, for instance to open the data for other types of products.
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The Product Opener original code includes code related to the original developer's other projects. Efforts are under way to clean, decouple and document the Product Opener code so that it can be released as open source.
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Product Opener original code includes code related to the original developer's other projects. Efforts are under way to clean, decouple and document the Product Opener code so that it can be released as open source.
    
== Components ==
 
== Components ==
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==== Apache Cordova mobile app for Android, iOS and Windows Phone ====
 
==== Apache Cordova mobile app for Android, iOS and Windows Phone ====
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[[Mobile App Development Notes|See detailed article: Mobile App Development Notes]]
    
The current Open Food Facts mobile apps for Android, iOS and Windows Phone are developed with Apache Cordova (previously known as Phonegap) with the same HTML + Javascript (including jquery and jquerymobile) code base.
 
The current Open Food Facts mobile apps for Android, iOS and Windows Phone are developed with Apache Cordova (previously known as Phonegap) with the same HTML + Javascript (including jquery and jquerymobile) code base.
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and [[Product Opener installation on Debian / Ubuntu]]
 
and [[Product Opener installation on Debian / Ubuntu]]
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For updated installation instructions see [[Infrastructure]]
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== Testing ==
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Product Opener is a big software with dozens of features. For each important project/modification, we should do tests.
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This tests can be listed and used at the [[Product Opener/Acceptance testing]] page.
    
== Maintenance tasks ==
 
== Maintenance tasks ==
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[[Category:ProductOpener]]
 
[[Category:ProductOpener]]
 
[[Category:Developer]]
 
[[Category:Developer]]
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== Draft roadmap ==
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Note: Those are propositions
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* Templatize the pages
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* Create pathways to account creation
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** [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-server/issues/3158 Show Robotoff questions to non-logged users, with a prompt to sign-up or login]
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* Inline editing
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* Simplify the UI (place UI elements according to web standards, use a newer CSS framework, material design…)
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* Simplify the product page
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** Inline value added data from linked pages (eg Packager Codes, Additives)
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** Hide complexity or low value things
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* [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-server/issues/1686 Create a landing page]
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* Document the API (and other things) inside the code to auto-generate SDKs and doc
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* Modernize search
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* Integrate features from the Power User Script into the web version

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