iPhone App Released - FRC Tracker

[EStokely]

this is a great App.

I ran around showing folks most of Friday and Sat that I had results of previous matches for games played just a few minutes earlier.

I also love the Icon for it! (it is a Super Cell)

Thanks for the App Tom!!!

[Legator91]

The update for Atlanta sounds great! I think this will become very a useful tool. I also like that you are planing to put a record in for each team. That will be very useful information.

[Greg Marra]

For many matches, The Blue Alliance has .mp4 versions of archived video. This format is playable on iPhone OS devices. If you are interested, you could tie in with The Blue Alliance API to offer replays. PM me if you want more info

Also, any chance of releasing the source code? I'm sure many people would love to see how an iPhone app works, and Apple's NDA on code no longer prevents open source projects. It could be a great learning opportunity for everyone.

[Tom Saxton]

Originally Posted by Greg Marra

Also, any chance of releasing the source code?

I don't think I'll make FRC Tracker open source. It started as a little three-day project, then became a three-week code-a-thon, and counting.

I did release a different sample app as open source as a companion to a post I wrote for the Google Mac Dev Blog.

http://googlemac.blogspot.com/2009/0...phone-app.html

http://code.google.com/p/googledocs-cocoa-sample/

Anyone can sign up as an iPhone developer, and once you're in the program you get access to tons of sample code. There are also a number of good books for learning iPhone development, with much better examples than FRC Tracker would be.

[ShotgunNinja]

Hey, I have some interesting little tidbits that might be, well, of interest.

I have been working on some stuff with a free open-source C++ library called openFrameworks, and one of the other online collaborators, memo, just finalized the development of a C++ iPhone development library. It still allows the use of Objective-C alongside the C++, and along with Apple's X-Code IDE, lets you compile a C++ project that works exactly the same on the iPhone as on any computer platform, with no changes to the code.

Here you go:
ofx-iPhone project page
oF download page

[Legator91]

Originally Posted by ShotgunNinja

Hey, I have some interesting little tidbits that might be, well, of interest.

I have been working on some stuff with a free open-source C++ library called openFrameworks, and one of the other online collaborators, memo, just finalized the development of a C++ iPhone development library. It still allows the use of Objective-C alongside the C++, and along with Apple's X-Code IDE, lets you compile a C++ project that works exactly the same on the iPhone as on any computer platform, with no changes to the code.

Here you go:
ofx-iPhone project page
oF download page

This could make things so much simpler for this app. I know I would use it! Having an iphone, the abilty to be at a competition and pull info up on a team in a sec is very usefull.

[JesseK]

No open source???

Guess I'll have to privately develop the live OPR ratings then. The app looks great, I look forward to trying it in Atlanta.

[Tom Saxton]

Originally Posted by JesseK

Guess I'll have to privately develop the live OPR ratings then.

What are OPR ratings?

[bobwrit]

Originally Posted by Tom Saxton

What are OPR ratings?

Offensive Power Rating's(Teams OPR is a mesure of how well their robot scores points)