Forward
Web and SaaS
e-commerce platform
SHOW HN2012
How HN took it
12 positive, 13 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 4 critical, out of 30 comments about the project. Thread score +0.17.
Design: 5 for, 0 againstIdea: 4 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 2 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Template syntax is clean and readable
From 1 comment
This is incredibly cool. The template syntax you have going is awesome. Reminds me of the natural language of haml/ruby with the handy pipe filter stuff of django/jinja. I can't…
whalesalad on HN
UI looks responsive and well designed
From 1 comment
This is incredibly cool. The template syntax you have going is awesome. Reminds me of the natural language of haml/ruby with the handy pipe filter stuff of django/jinja. I can't…
whalesalad on HN
Schema-free MongoDB data model suits custom e-commerce needs
From 2 comments
Really interesting. As someone who's done some consulting in e-commerce I've always dreamt of an open source engine based on MongoDB. Magento and Prestashop are perfect examples…
julien_c on HNIn Forward, MongoDB makes custom features easier by allowing each template to store data in different ways, without doing any database migrations or really thinking too hard…
ericingram on HN
Objections
MongoDB may not be safe for transactional e-commerce data
From 1 comment
I thought that e-commerce was one of the things MongoDB said it would not be good for http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Use+Cases#UseCases-WhenshouldyouconsiderusingMongoDB%3F…
mrinterweb on HN
Paid support model conflicts with open source spirit
From 1 comment
Why should a developer or a contributor pay to help develop something for the community ? seems a little too money making and less community driven.
obayesshelton on HN
Missing variable products such as size and colour SKUs
From 1 comment
I have recently been evaluating e-commerce platforms for an upcoming project. This looks very nice, but it seems to be missing one key piece of functionality: variable products.…
jontas on HN
Requests
Publish source code
From 1 comment
Looks very cool. Where is the source code repo for Forward? I take it its public as it says "open-source platform" edit: nm i found the burb. "Scheduled for public release in…
knodi on HN
More technical architecture detail
From 1 comment
Looks amazing. You should have more technical details on the site though. This is for developers so they can handle it up front. I had to dig a bit to find out it's a templating…
brittohalloran on HN
Digital file delivery support
From 1 comment
Will this e-commerce platform support digital file download/delivery?
zoneinfinite on HN
Questions
How is data integrity handled without transactions
From 1 comment
I thought that e-commerce was one of the things MongoDB said it would not be good for http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Use+Cases#UseCases-WhenshouldyouconsiderusingMongoDB%3F…
mrinterweb on HN
Lack of relational data as an obstacle
From 1 comment
Great effort, I'd love to see the finished product. I have been contemplating of migrating my own e-commerce platform (http://demo.embwebstores.com) to MongoDB and one of the new…
ewsplat on HN
Which JavaScript framework is used
From 1 comment
Looks incredibly cool. What JS library/framework is this using?
yakshay on HN
Alternatives named
Magento
From 2 comments
Really interesting. As someone who's done some consulting in e-commerce I've always dreamt of an open source engine based on MongoDB. Magento and Prestashop are perfect examples…
julien_c on HNI started building my own first e-commerce business around the time Magento hit beta, and the EAV (Entity Attribute Value) model is the part that killed it for me. I had ideas…
ericingram on HN
Prestashop
From 1 comment
Really interesting. As someone who's done some consulting in e-commerce I've always dreamt of an open source engine based on MongoDB. Magento and Prestashop are perfect examples…
julien_c on HN
ExpressionEngine
From 1 comment
It's awesome to see that others are thinking about this stuff too, really, I'm excited you are excited. > you might even be able to expand this to administrators of the service.…
ericingram on HN
Demandware
From 1 comment
Good question. Forward will start at the small-med level because that's where our experience lies. Today we see it as comparable to the early Magento, but more developer…
ericingram on HN