CompInaBox / News: Recent posts

I'm beginner to release Pre-Alpha version of FloorCraft, the competition scheduling tool of CompInaBox. I'm hoping to continue to release 1-2 versions a week as the application starts to take form.

FloorCraft requires a Java 1.5 VM; and currently requires a commandline invocation (see release notes for full details). I hope to get the manifest working properly for the next micro release to remedy that problem.... read more

The first beta test of the summer 05-Spring 06 development cycle is under way at http://beta.ballroomregistrar.com
This beta test includes all the development from Increment 1 and Spiral 1 of Increment 2: new theme, team registration/management, result tracker, mini-forum, user-synchronization, and password on SD.

Development is underway on Spiral 2 of increment 2: targetting the admin info export options and fixing the anti-back button issues. I'm tackling the info export options first because if I run out of time, it leave the code in a roll-outable condition for the fall season.... read more

The summer cycle of development is proceeding well. Their was a loss of some development code and a lot of documentation when the ballroom server went kaput. However it has meant I have migrated more things to sf.net. You should see increased activity in the trackers, email list, and the project home page. Developers should be especially interested in the new todo and roadmap links at the homepage.

While its been quite here at the sf site. I've been busy with CIB stuff. Hosting 10+ events a year, adding new features regularly.

Most bug/feature request/support requests never get posted as they are emailed straight to me. I could start logging all the items for increased activity, but that seems silly.

Of course if any one wants to be an active developer, I'll start logging more stuff to let others help....

CompInaBox has seen use at an increasing number of competitions, spreading out past the New England area to competitions at Rutgers and UPenn, as well as UMich in the fall.

PrepStep is coming along so soon you will be able to test setting up your own competition with a simple web form.

There is increasing interest in the USABDA community for using CIB, so preliminary design work is being done to extend the UI to handle age-levels.

CompInaBox was recently presented at the Fall 2002 YCN Council meeting in Cambridge, MA and seems to have sparked some additional interest.

While the project development pages here at sf.net have been a little inactive since July, development has been proceeding merrily along with great strides being made on the CIB Core module for user login/authentication/authorization control along with numerous features being added to the SlidingDoors Admin pages.... read more

The code for the baseline SlidingDoors component has been uploaded to the FRS system. This includes the configuration as used at MIT this spring. The look & feel however is generally easily costumizeable through a configuration file. The top level information (everything _except_ events) is also configurable though the file. I am working on a functional prototype of the PrepStep component used to configure the event sections of SlidingDoors. About 3/4 of this prototype was completed today, the code will be uploaded tomorrow regardless of if I finish the remaining 1/4 or not.... read more

The past three weeks have been rather quiet, mainly because the 2002 MIT Open Ballroom Dance Competition was underway, not only was it the first real usage of the SlidingDoors module, but i was also in charge of the event.

I'm hoping now to finish packaging up the existing code base and get it posted here shortly.

The SD component is undergoing a beta test now. If you would like to help test, or would just like to see the tool in action go to http://mitbdt.mit.edu/compinabox/mitbdt2002/index.php

I'm asking people to "play nice" until thursday with their testing. Ie please don't try to break it yet. Test it out under normal use conditions. After Thursday feel free to be as creative as you like in testing the system. Thanks... read more

Welcome to the Comp ina Box development home on SF. I plan to have the database schema and project design information on-line in the next day or two. The code base will probably be uploaded sometime in the next week. Once the code is here, the project will be entered in the trove.