Croodle - alternative to Doodle

[jdaviescoates]

I noticed it does timezones too, which is nice

[marcusquinn]

@jdaviescoates Brilliant - thank you!

Of all the ones I've looked at, this looks like a winner to me; simple, secure, fast, actively maintained.

No database or LDAP integration needs should mean quick & easy to package.

Anyone up for this?

from me.

[ruihildt]

Not directly related, but I'm also working on a similar kind of app, but with a different approach: organizer chooses specific days, and then participants fill in their availability during those days.
The app then finds the best time for the meeting.

I think this approach is better when you want to schedule meetings across timezones, because you don't have to think of them. It fits my usecase (I organize meeting between USA/EU/ Asia), but I'm not sure it can entirely replace Doodle-like apps.

It's not ready, but here's my working repository: https://git.ruihildt.xyz/meeting-planner

[marcusquinn]

@ruihildt Nice. There's certainly a market for this from my research and finding limited options.

[murgero]

I have a test app of this running on my Cloudron right now: https://croodle.urgero.org

I am working with @marcusquinn to get testing rolling and make sure it all works as expected. I suspect this will be a quick one.

[marcusquinn]

@murgero Nice work, looks perfect! I guess the next-step for App Store approval is automated tests part.

Another app closed to an app for everything for any team needing organisation by design

[jdaviescoates]

@murgero said in Croodle - alternative to Doodle:

I have a test app of this running on my Cloudron right now: https://croodle.urgero.org

I am working with @marcusquinn to get testing rolling and make sure it all works as expected. I suspect this will be a quick one.

Brilliant, thanks both!

I just used it to create this test poll:
https://croodle.urgero.org/#/poll/6aV6vydcDc/participation?encryptionKey=fBO7wF1TVNxhj8Wi6BCYRPgdpS30Z6ZOKjXx5Pgz

Seems to work great

Would still really like something like Easy Appointments though! (especially if/ when they get around to implementing CalDAV integration)

[marcusquinn]

@staff what are the chances of getting this through testing and live in the App Store? I'm hoping it's a relatively simple one but I have very regular needs for this, and I'm sure others would appreciate once live: https://git.cloudron.io/murgero/croodle-app

[jdaviescoates]

@marcusquinn I used @murgero instance the other day

Worked fine. But I think I prefer Framadate.

[marcusquinn]

@jdaviescoates Sure, nice to have options but I just need something quick & easy. Can't remember what I didn't like so much, maybe it just seemed a bit rough and dated but I'll give it another look if it gets launched here.

[jdaviescoates]

@staff be good to get this into the app store - @murgero has got a working package already - I guess maybe it just needs adding to Cloudron GitLab and tests written?

Here's he repo again:
https://git.cloudron.io/murgero/croodle-app (oh, it's already on Cloudron GitLab! )

[girish]

@jdaviescoates yeah, it needs tests and also a lot of cleanup to remove all the lamp app specific stuff.

[jdaviescoates]

@girish I keep wanting to use it so be great to have in the app store!

[robi]

Seems like it would be simpler to repackage anew now that it works, instead of cleaning LAMP stuff.

@girish which process do you think is easier?

[girish]

@robi Definitely the former but in this case if the package is already functional, then it's probably easier to just delete all the LAMP stuff.

[nebulon]

I was taking a look at this to see how we can get it published. Tried @murgero 's repo but it seems some files like config.php were not committed to the git repo. If possible maybe you can add the missing files and we can proceed avoiding duplicate work.

Regardless if we start fresh or cleanup that app package, the configs and setup steps done by @murgero will help a lot

[qwinter]

@nebulon Great app, an improvement over any wiki we have on cloudron now

[LoudLemur]

@ruihildt I think you must have seen the tools here?
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meeting.html

[murgero]

@nebulon I can't believe I never saw this and it's been over a year - do you still need these configs??

[girish]

@murgero yes, please, if you can add them that would be helpful.