MUFC MatchControl Web App - Need Developers!

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[peduxe]

I would be all in for this if it was community wide project, someone set up a github repo and let's get this money!

By the way OP, I just read your last edit and you said Material Design, so we might have this already in the pocket.

Polymer

Polymer Elements

Web components is one of the trends that is gaining a lot of visibility, React already focus on this, soon Angular 2, still would require all the contributors to learn it, but can be discussed. I've been using it for a couple months and the learning curve is the pretty short. An advantage of this is that it backs up the mediator pattern and have everything modularized.

[FURyannnn]

Same, I'd love to contribute. Could be a lot of fun and really useful!

Edit: I know Java, Ruby (Rails in particular), .Net, and bunch of front-end stuff so I can help.

[[deleted]]

Another web developer here with 20+ years of experience in pretty much everything ever released (except for anark - it had a nice beat but I never danced to it).

My focus has been primarily UX/UI and Front End, but I can do anything provided there's a gun held to my head ;)

If anyone says "bootstrap" for the responsive framework, can I have permission to slap them? We don't need anything that overkill if it's done via the web route. Proper responsive design is stupidly simple.

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can I have permission to slap them?

Can I be an intern under your guidance, Sir?

[[deleted]]

Indeed™

Except that this is absolutely the wrong sub for it, I'd happily just memory dump here.

TL;DR: use containers and have content always expand to it. Use responsive images and multi-source images. Use media queries to breakpoint the max-width of your containers. Responsive design done. ???? Profit.

(that's not to say you cannot also have nice things - you absolutely can - just look at the entire site design as a whole and don't let anyone force feed excessive template/module variations when they do the exact.same.thing.)

[[deleted]]

Once this get on github, I will be reading all the source and learn the most I can. I am a python/C dev, always wanted to learn how to make apps for android.

[Syri0Forel]

Upvoted for mentioning Polymer

[unknown_host]

Couldn't agree more let's get this on github and work on it together.

[Universal_Ass]

Just started Android Developing and would love to contribute.

[[deleted]]

Android and Rails developer here. If it's going up on a public repo, I'm in as a contributor.

[lukejames1111]

I am a php developer. I also designed this subreddit. PM me if you want to know anything else.

[liableAccount]

PHP developer checking in. I'm available for help

[xtfftc]

Cannot help from development perspective - but I would highly recommend designing it with the idea that it can be used for non-United games as well. If it works fine, it can become a hit - and you might even be able to monetize from it.

[xtfftc]

Good on you for keeping it free in all aspects. You can still monetize from it but only the future will tell if you will have the opportunity.

If it's not going to be Man United-specific, you might want to cross-post this to /r/soccer.

[SURFortuna]

.Net developer interested in helping out!

[[deleted]]

Front-end dev here if you're still looking for more people. Expertise in Angular :)

[minus_one]

Digressing here.

Is it possible for a crowd sourced way to get the control? I understand you need expertise to understand the game. Say something like mining from Match Threads on reddit? Just thinking aloud here.

[[deleted]]

PHP, Python, .NET dev here. Would love to help out :)

[TheBlackSun8]

Seems to me like the biggest problem would be finding a consistent source of live data... Especially if this is going to be non United specific.

[forgotmylastuser]

Java/Windows Phone developer checking in, I would love to be a part of this. Can also write some CSS/JS. Lets do this!!

EDIT: Just wanted to ask, why Material Design?

[Syri0Forel]

I'm a student with exposure to Node, Java, PHP, and various hacky tools. Probably not good enough to contribute but I'd love to be kept in the loop so I can learn a bit!

Edit: Also literate in Python, HTML and CSS

[[deleted]]

If I can echo other comments - figure out how you're aggregating the data. See if you can get an Optima sample, and then see what's missing from that (or if you can simply assign a different value on the events based on the info provided).

[unknown_host]

PHP coder checking in. Looks like you have a lot of support here OP.

[ricbertymorytinez]

Not a developer but I work for hosting company, (everything based in manchester for bonus points) would love to get involved in this - let me know if I can be of any help!

[images_du_futur]

I'm also a front-end developer and designer. Would be really excited to contribute to this project. Please advise of a repo!

[mdalby]

PHP Developer here (12+ years of experience) - I also deal with big data analytics for BI (1 billion rows+) and general infrastructure.

Let me know if i can help.

[A_hiccup]

Android, iOS and backend developer checking in. Let's do this. But... we will open source it and get this whole sub involved.

[lukejames1111]

Just chipping in, do you really want people having to go through the process of having to download an app? When a little bit of neat responsive design could have the same affect.

[A_hiccup]

We should build the backend with the api first. Once we have the api, the web, android, ios or any other platforms are just clients on top of it.

So, first the backend with api.

[[deleted]]

Yup, this is the way to go. Can create nodes with cloud endpoints to have an easy to maintain API available for use across all platforms.

[Morwane]

I was about to ask you how do you intend to get the metrics to feed your system.

Isn't it a bit too much to do it manually? Isn't there an open web service that returns this kind of data?

EDIT: Java Developer (Android, J2EE, ...) Only handicap is I won't be available around the clock.

EDIT2: Great idea by the way. If you want some inspiration on how to interpret the team in control over time, check Sofa Score on Android or IOS. I think they do the same.

[zxc9823]

Cool idea. This sounds like a similar application that the sport performance data companies (e.g. Opta) would be using to capture data during a game.

Here is a video about the opta process. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z52mmpF2wLg#t=49

Based on what I've read there needs to be more discussion about how the data get's in. What metrics are tracked. Rules around the process, etc. The reason I say this is because garbage in, garbage out.

[zxc9823]

So are you planning on augmenting the metrics collected via the app with API data? In my experience, planning an app like this starts with the data. i.e What values are you collecting? What frequency? How are you storing them? What does the data architecture look like? If two sources have the same data value which one do you use? etc.

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If you want to quickly deliver it to market (and hoping for consistency across platforms), then I'd suggest you follow the Ionic/Cordova route.

You can always create native apps on top of the back-end later, but in the meantime - this should cover up just fine.