[TriLUG] Server Check-Out / In-Use-Register software

[bp]

What's C?  Just kidding.  I'm hoping to completely forget C as soon as 
possible.  That way I can spend all my hours better understanding Java 
just in time for the next great OO language to come out...

I'm hoping to use LDAP for data persistance.  1. So I can actually 
design & code some JNDI.  2. So someone smarter down the line can write 
another better app to use the same data from LDAP.  An LDIF is an easy 
way to back it up too.

-bp



Jon Carnes wrote:

>I wrote a very simple version of this *kind* of app that used Text files
>as the database and a simple CGI written in C. I don't have the code
>anymore, but it was fairly simple to write.
>
>Each resource had a directory, each directory had a daily file, each
>line in the file represented an hour - with the first line representing
>8am.  The line was broken down into various fields: public/private, real
>name, contact email, comments.
>
>This was all real simple stuff. The public/private field was either a
>repeat of the "real name" or the text "(reserved)". The daily usage
>display was simply a dump of the first field from each line.  If a
>resource went by more than one name, then we simply created a link with
>that name and pointed it to the existing directory.
>
>If I was to re-write it today, I would dump out the data to an HTML
>Table and display it that way.  It would look a lot better and allow for
>scrolling. And each table entry could be a link to either the reserve
>app (for filling in a reservation), or the further info app (for
>displaying the the contact info and comments of the reserver - if the
>reservation is not marked private).
>
>Two cron jobs, one in the early morning, and one in the late afternoon,
>did clean-up and sent out notices.  The notices were mainly a dump of
>the daily table complete with comments to an IT person so they would
>know if anything special were needed for the setup or reservation.
>
>If that is all your looking for then it's not hard.  
>
>Good Luck - Jon
>
>On Fri, 2003-05-23 at 15:07, bp wrote:
>  
>
>>We are looking for something *very* simple. I looked at MRBS that Dave 
>>recommended but that looked like over kill.   I'm considering writting a 
>>java based servlet (maybe applet) using LDAP for persistant storage. 
>>
>>Right now another team is checking to see if they have an old app that 
>>did this same thing that I might be able to use/modify.  If they don't 
>>have it, then I'll consider writting one on my own time outside of work 
>>so that it can be GPL'd.  Let me know if you're still interested in 
>>writting a ultra-simple version of this kind of app.
>>
>>-bp
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