In 2020, Richard White shutdown SlimTimer. At the time, there was chatter that a user would replicate SlimTimer and host it, alas. On September 8th, 2023, I started this project. Using ChatGPT and Richard White's SlimTimer demo, I created ThinTimer, a blantant attempt at replicating SlimTimer.
- User Authentication: Log in securely to manage your tasks. Update your username, passsword, and delete your account.
- Task Management: Create, edit, and delete tasks.
- Time Tracking: Start and stop timers for individual task entries.
- Reports: Generate time reports for any given period (XLSX).
Here's what the application looks like in action:
Logging in
Creating a task
Editing a task
Creating a task entry
Timer window
Running a report
Deleting your account
- Python 3.9.18
- Django 4.1
- Django Rest Framework 3.14.0
- Clone this repository:
git clone https://github.com/gfbarbieri/thintimer.git - Navigate to the project folder and install dependencies:
pip install -r requirements.txt - Run migrations:
python manage.py migrate - Start the development server:
python manage.py runserver
After setting up the development environment, visit http://localhost:8000/ to start using the app.
- Creating a Task: Navigate to the 'Manage Tasks' tab and click on 'Create New Task'.
- Starting a Timer: Click on 'Open Timer' an select a task to begin tracking.
- Generating Reports: Navigate to the 'Run Reports' tab, specify a date range, export to Excel.
To execute all tests for all apps:
python manage.py test
To execute tests for a specific app:
python manage.py test <app_name>.tests
To execute a specific test class for a specific app run:
python manage.py test <app_name>.tests.<class_name>
To execute a specific test method in a specific class for a specific app run:
python manage.py test <app_name>.tests.<class_name>.<method_name>
See the CONTRIBUTING.md file for guidelines on how to contribute to this project.
- Create tests for CRUD tasks.
- Create tests for CRUD entries.
- Create tests for report generation.
- Create documentation page.
- Create comments for user_auth/tests.py, main_app/tests.py, main_app/serializers.py, main_app/models.py.
- Find the right license to use for the project.
- Get out from under all this JavaScript, I mean Jesus Christ. Or improve the code base, I would take either.
- Create privacy policy page to ensure users about data storage, access, and usage.
- Create about page to explain the project, funding sources, and maybe something about me and any other future contributors, should they ever exist. Though nowadays, that's what GitHub is for?
- Create more messages, warnings, and other helpful responses on HTML pages to improve user experience.
- Allow users to create new task from the timer or from the edit entry page.
- Implement email login to replace reliance on Django usernames to improve user experience.
- Low priority: CSS and page styling generally. Let someone else design/style the pages.
- Low priority: Develop a public API to allow secure access to ThinTimer user data programatically. I mean why not? In fact, what if the main product is the backend plus API?
This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.
- Richard White of SlimTimer for the original application and inspiration.
- ChatGPT, which built the application, as I had no experience with web development when starting the project.
- Django framework for backend support.
- Heroku for hosting support.
For more information or queries, contact [email protected].
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