The Common Good Technology Stack

The Apache Project is an effort to develop and maintain an open-source HTTP server for modern operating systems including UNIX and Windows. The goal of this project is to provide a secure, efficient and extensible server that provides HTTP services in sync with the current HTTP standards.

Backbone.js is a JavaScript framework with a RESTful JSON interface and is based on the model–view–presenter application design paradigm.

Gravatar is a service for providing globally unique avatars and was created by Tom Preston-Werner. It is owned by Automattic, having integrated it into their WordPress.com blogging platform.

Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is the standard markup language for documents designed to be displayed in a web browser. It can be assisted by technologies such as Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and scripting languages such as JavaScript.

JavaScript is the programming language of HTML and the Web.

PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor is a server-side scripting language designed for Web development, but also used as a general-purpose programming language. PHP code may be embedded into HTML code, or it can be used in combination with various web template systems, web content management systems, and web frameworks.

Polyfill as-a-service detects and returns a JavaScript bundle of polyfills based on the current browser using the User-Agent.

Underscore is a JavaScript library that provides a whole mess of useful functional programming helpers without extending any built-in objects.

The Apache HTTP Server is a powerful and flexible HTTP/1.1 compliant web server.

Microsoft Exchange Online is a hosted email for business.

Outlook is a product that provides its users with an email service, calendar, and the ability to save and synchronize contacts.

G Suite is a suite of apps from Google which offers a number of tools to communicate and collaborate with colleagues, store files, and manage data.

Send, track and deliver both marketing and transactional emails with mailjet. The company cloud-based infrastructure is unique and highly scalable with a proprietary technology that optimizes email deliverability.

Netregistry offers domain names and web hosting plus extras services like web design, SEO, PPC, website security and email marketing.

reCAPTCHA is a CAPTCHA-like system designed by Google to establish that a computer user is human.

WordPress is a website and blog creation and publishing platform with tools for aesthetic designing, visitor tracking, content storage and upload.

Yoast offers plugins to improve SEO and optimize web sites and blogs.

YouTube is a video sharing service where users can watch, like, share, comment and upload their own videos. The video service can be accessed on PCs, laptops, tablets and via mobile phones.