Announcing BabyOp
A couple of weeks, I blogged about trying to create some babysitting coop software and “doing it right.” Despite knowing that I’d benefit from the discipline imposed by Python, I ended up coding it in perl and staying in my comfort zone. Still, it’s a lot less screwy than past things I’ve done.
It’s definitely not ready for prime time—barely tested at all; probably buggy; not feature complete; and not nearly secure enough. But I thought I’d announce it so it can start entering search engine indices. The past blog entry is already a #2 google result for babysitting coop software. (Apparently there is very little competition in this niche).
So. Announcing BabyOp: Software for Babysitting Coops.
Steve Jan 28
I like what you have done. The only thing that I have found close to this is the website: http://www.babysitterexchange.com. I would preffer to have soft ware that I could manage on my personal web server. Is there any chance of getting a copy of the software?
Thanks,
Steve
s@the-blooms.com
Leonard Jan 28
I am interested also in starting a babysitting co-op, and am about to develop my own web application, but I came across yours from google, and I saw that you GPL’d your application.
Where can I get your source code? I would love to piggy back off of your work (and improve on it if i can). I didn’t see any indicators of the language you used to implement the software (a sign of a good programmer :), so I am hoping you used perl or PHP.
my email is my name as spelled above at umn.edu
Thank you
Leonard Jan 28
I thought I would add a few things to my previous post.
First I didn’t see that you used perl. I am sorry for not reading your entire post first. second, I did get into the test babyop page and I like what I saw. I did test to see if you were checking for negative numbers, and since I found the bug, I figured I should bring it to your attention.
If you wanted to zip up the source and send it to me I would be grateful, and I would send my changes back to you. Thank you
Victoria Aug 22
I am in the process of starting a coop and was going to develop something very similar to BabyOp. Any chance you’d be willing to share the code? I’d love to customize it for our group and maybe add a couple of features, and, of course, share any changes we made.
I would be most grateful!! Thank you.