An Intro to LibreFoodPantry and Thea’s Pantry

In reviewing the information about LibreFoodPantry at their website as preparation for work in the Software Development Capstone, one particular point that I found interesting and surprising – but enlightening was a portion of the Mission statement. Through its Free Open Source Software and other features, LFP aims to convey to our communities and the world as a whole that computing can be used for social good. I had not thought about the project from this perspective, but it is an interesting and exciting value proposition and completely valid – computing could likely be used in many other instances for social good.

In exploring the subsystems in the repository for Thea’s Pantry and specifically the Documentation section, I was most drawn to the Developer repository, containing documentation that will be most relevant to developers working on the project – such as myself and my teammates. All of these contain valuable information about various components of the system/subsystems like the overall architecture, guidelines for Conventional Commits, and more. Furthermore, I have been interested in picking up Documentation writing as a skill and get some experience with it, so this is an area where I may be able to do so and assist Dr. Wurst in filling out the Developer Documentation. I’m looking forward to getting hands-on experience and making progress in improving the Thea’s Pantry systems this semester!

LibreFoodPantry site: https://librefoodpantry.org.