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Originally Posted by sciguy125
If you really want an application, I recently started using Qt .
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As a matter of fact I am writting it in Qt. The reason why I am not just finishing my php system is because I am a senior and would rather leave the team software that does not require knowlodge of the Linux command line and MySQL to edit and reconfigure. The only server that we can run it from would be mine and it is likely to be in a college dorm somewhere this time next year.
Also, I chose to use Qt because I am a linux user and my school is one of the now infamous Henrico County schools that sold all of those iBooks about a week ago :: flashback to so called "riot" ::. This year all students will have Dell laptops running XP so I can easily develop complex Qt programs that will not only be easily ported to windows but also to OS X if the need ever arises. My team also seems to misplace meeting minutes or just not take them so I thought that features like being able to take notes from a student laptop and having them automaticly sync to the "server"(which will just be a desktop pc in our classroom) would make us more organized.
We did use Excel one year but once the build season starts it is hard to stop people from solving robotics problems to go and maintain a spreedsheet. Another reason for this software is that I love to reinvent the wheel espically if there is room for innovation.