BP app??

[yzguy]

A while ago, I looked around for an app to keep track of animal related stuff, and did not find one I liked, or they were too expensive for a hobbyist breeder (I thought). So since I’m a programmer, I thought I’d make one, but I wanted to see what ideas others might have that I may like

Here are some of the things I've already thought of (everything won’t be done at first, but I need a list of ideas to start from)

Animal properties:
Internal id (just a number)
Name
Sex
Mother id
Father id
Aquired from info (company name, person name, url, phone, fax address)
Clutch id

Clutch properties:
Date laid
fatherId
MotherId
Count
Total weight
Notes (like if you had an issue with temps, or anything you want to note)

Morph info:
Id
Description

Relate morphs to animals. Not meant for figuring out pairings or outcomes, just for keeping track of what each animal is.

You can add custom Date events that have another piece of info from a lookup table (predefined). This can be customized to be for different things, but for example, a Date event could be feeding, and the extra detail is something like sm rat, hopper, large mouse ect. Another example is shedding event (no extra detail is required), other examples, hatched, laid, sold…

Another type of custom date event that has a number, for example, weight. You would enter a weight and the date associated to the animal. Any other type of dated event that also has an int could be added and used.


Now what to do with this data 
Would be run on a windows pc on a home network, if you connect a mobile device (phone, tablet) that connects to the router that the pc is one, it can easily get to a web page to do things like add info, like feeding weight shedding stuff like that, as well as see pics. If you do a bit more setup (that I won’t bore people with here) you can connect to it from anywhere with anything that can use a browser (pc, mobile device).

Maybe a calendar for past things, like viewing the date events, or for scheduling future events, like when you expect someone to lay, or when you may cut a clutch.

Also can do things like create a report for babies to show pics of the parents, siblings, records of when they ate, when they hatched ect. This could be made available directly to the buyer, or just printed and handed out.

I also messed with creating QR codes, that you would tape to the enclosure, and if scanned with a smart phone or tablet, would go directly to the page for that animal (for quickly loading that animal for adding info quickly)

I wanted to add a route. Basically an ordered list of the animals. Normally I’ll do things like feed or clean in the same order. This way once you load the first one, you just click next and it loads the next one and saves the info (like feeding, or cleaning or weight)

So what other things would anyone like to see?

One of these days I’ll get to making this work
Will be cheap, or maybe free. Maybe free for a certain number of animals.
Maybe have people just buy enhancements they request in the future (or reports)

[Lobo_Reptiles]

Like a souped up iHerp? Are you talking a PC program or smartphone app?


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[SlitherinSisters]

I use Reptile Scan and really like it.

[Tannerrrtx]

one of the things i would like is a graph function

[yzguy]

Like a souped up iHerp? Are you talking a PC program or smartphone app?
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the app runs on a pc, but part of it is a mini host program, so that you can hit it with anything that has a browser, which includes smart phones and tablets. As I'm thinking now, it will be a windows app, and also web pages. Not sure that all functionality will make it to the web pages, but it could. I was thinking that was mostly for entering data while at the cages. A quick way to see some info, and enter some info. The web pages make it easier for me on the smart phones. Make it more generic, and work on more devices.

[yzguy]

one of the things i would like is a graph function

I was thinking that also, things like graphing weights over time.

what specifically would you like to see graphed?

[Tannerrrtx]

Weights, folical growth, weight/age to clutch size, I could go on and on. Ease of access would be fantastic. Reptilesscan takes too long in my opinion. I love the degei setup and if I were to be able to access it on my phone. I would pay stupid amounts of money for that.

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[yzguy]

I may look closer at these existing ones. If I could just enhance an existing app, that would be faster. Not sure if I like the idea of having all my data stored remotely by someone else and no way to get to it other than their app. I may look closer, and see if I like them, and/or can work with what they have. (like if they have api's that I can call directly, I can add functionality for the app.)

what is the "degei setup"?

[Tannerrrtx]

I'm out n about right now I'll have to take some screenshots later. It has an outdated look to it. But the functionality I've gotta give it a 9 out of 10, I love it.

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[Tannerrrtx]

Degei 4. Download it and play with it a bit

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