Topic: game scheduling module
trimard Topic Opener |
Posted at: 2017-08-08, 20:31
I would really like to add a simple tool to help schedulde games between players. The idea would be as follow. On the same page: First you pick a few dates where you know you'll be available. Then you select when you'll be available at these day. Then you are proposed a selection of other player ready on those dates. And you can go and mp them. You can of course revisit the page later and it will automatically update the players available if needed. I have a few questions though:
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kaputtnik |
Posted at: 2017-08-08, 21:37
I think this is good idea having something similar like doodle with special adjustments to our needs
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"Schedule a match" is good, imho. Placing it in the menu is a task if you are ready with the general project. I have some ideas for the menu, especially for a responsive template (showing the page in regard to smaller viewports like smartphones or tablets). But this is far away...
As long they are free (OSS) there is no restriction in adding dependencies. AFAIK django has also some sort of date picker. I currently don't know if they could be used also for your idea or how they are implemented. In general third party dependencies have always the trouble of maintaining them (e.g. updating).
I guess you need to store some values into the database. E.g. which user want to play at which date at which time. So a new module would be the best. Top Quote |
WorldSavior |
Posted at: 2017-08-08, 22:11
Well, this page can also do the job, and more things: https://dudle.inf.tu-dresden.de/ Wanted to save the world, then I got widetracked Top Quote |
king_of_nowhere |
Posted at: 2017-08-08, 22:31
there have been talks of something like this, but nobody every actually did it Top Quote |
trimard Topic Opener |
Posted at: 2017-08-08, 22:42
Thanks for the informations!
Oh yeah that would be a great idea, I saw that in the bug report. I think it could be done very easily by using some dependencies, like bootstrap, but those are heavy...
Neat, I'll look into that!
Yes, I understand, to avoid that, is there a place where I should list the dependencies used and the link for the update?
Oh yes, I use a similar tool pretty often IRL. The main difference I'm proposing here is that you don't need to know the player before knowing if they are available or not. It's easier to check as everything would be on the same website. Also I think it would become laborious when a lot of player and a lot of date are available. It seems this tools is better for setting one date with a few people you know rather than many dates with many people you don't know. But I never use this specific tool so I might be wrong. Top Quote |
kaputtnik |
Posted at: 2017-08-08, 23:01
The doodle things have one culprit: They are used to find a specific date and time where most people have time to participate. WorldSavior: How will you make a doodle showing possible play time of players? If one player creates a doodle, how will other players may be informed? Top Quote |
kaputtnik |
Posted at: 2017-08-08, 23:10
Mostly those date picker are javascript things which are loaded on demand from external sites. The dependencies i was talking about are all listed in the pip_requirements.txt. I am not sure what your talking about until you say what dependency you want to use Top Quote |
trimard Topic Opener |
Posted at: 2017-08-08, 23:52
I was talking about this:
So thanks for the answer, didn't know pip could be this practical! Top Quote |
trimard Topic Opener |
Posted at: 2017-08-09, 19:39
So the main functionnalities are doing ok. The design still need some work . Now for the database and view.py steps. I have a question about that. It's not really something I'm used to do. What the best way to store the informations: I create a disponilities column in the user table or I create a disponibilities table which reference the id of a user? I guess the most ressources will be used when searching for other players and their avaibilities. So I think the best option is the second. But maybe I'm mistaken? Top Quote |
GunChleoc |
Posted at: 2017-08-09, 19:49
I think a separate table would be better, since it's not core profile information. Screenshot looks good, I'd desaturate the red though to reduce the glare. Or maybe pick a different color, since people with red/green color blindness won't be able to see the difference. Or how about giving the available dates a color, and making the other dates empty boxes? Busy indexing nil values Top Quote |