Innovators 3138 IPA Scouting System

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Originally Posted by GeorgeM

This seems like a great project that I would love to contribute to.

I have wanted to implement something similar for a while now...

Maybe you can set up a Github Repo? That might give programmers the flexibility they want...

If this would become an "Open Source" project, I would be more than willing to add to it.

P.S. Have you heard of Google Apps Script? I am implementing something into our current scouting software - It is very powerful platform that allows you to script directly into a Google Spreadsheet.

(I'd be interested if you wanted to PM me the roadmap )

I've considered setting this up as a Git repository at some point, as I'm a pretty firm believer in F/OSS myself. I don't imagine we'll have that set up before Worlds given some of the moving-target changes we're considering, but an offseason Github release isn't something I'd rule out (what Rob thinks of it, I don't know).

As for a spreadsheet or similar, we do have manual access to more data than is currently shown on the dashboard. I wouldn't rule out setting up a "raw dump" page if time allows. We have a "picklist" portion of the app as a bit of a work-in-progress that accesses a lot of this data not shown on the dashboard, so it wouldn't be unreasonable to also have somewhat of an HTML table spreadsheet if wanted/needed.

A last note, perhaps you could mention a few of the things you'd scout that you wouldn't have the "flexibility to pull up"? A flexible system is of course a design goal of the IPA system, so constructive feedback on that would be much appreciated!