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Re: How do you do scouting software?

Normally, I would have posted sooner on this myself, but I've been busy. My wife and I are expecting, about a week after Atlanta.

768 uses a hybrid system - I think there's still value to the pen-paper aspect since it lets you cover more things at once, but we enter everything into a custom application after, for doing analysis. Last year, we had a web-start java app that we were sharing - this year, we're building a web application that runs on XAMPP to make it easier to share data. I'm fairly certain we'll have our system up and running at Chesapeake, don't know yet about the team's trip to Finger Lakes. (Due to travel restrictions from the reason above, I'm not going along.)

I'll probably make the app available mid-week for download in its beta form, along with instructions for installation.
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FRC Team 768 since 2004
2008: Chesapeake Chairman's Award Winners, Finger Lakes General Motors Industrial Design Award Winners
2007: Chesapeake Engineering Inspiration Award Winners
2006: Chesapeake J&J Sportsmanship Award Winners

2009: Chesapeake Regional Champion (with 1195 and 1893), DC Regional Quarterfinalists
2008 Finger Lakes Regional Quarterfinalists, Chespeake Regional Semifinalists
2007 Finger Lakes Quarterfinalists, Chesapeake Semifinalists, Championships: Archimedes Quarterfinalists

And to think I got into FIRST by marrying the daughter of two mentors....