On 12 Aug, 2008, at 12:33, Sebastian Hilbert wrote:
Hi all,
Congratulations on the release of Chandler Desktop 1.0. I wouldl
like you
input (even a short note) on a potential use case for chandler.
Please also
tell me if my views don't fit your vision.
I am looking for a solution to schedule patients in a doctor's
office. So this
needs something like appointment types with preconfigured durations,
appointment times for individual doctors and the likes.
Is chandler potentially fit for this at all or is it easier to
attempt to
build something like this from scratch ?
Hi, Sebastian
It's certainly possible to use Chandler in this way: for example, you
could have a collection (calendar) per doctor, and use the calendar to
schedule appointments.
Preconfigured durations would require extending chandler in some way:
The currently supported way is to create a plugin. The most
straightforward plugin (i.e. one that doesn't require you to learn a
bunch of wxPython and/or the current UI architecture) would create new
quick entry commands, so for example you could type in the quick entry
field "/short Pat Patient @ 2:15PM" to make a 10 minute appointment.
Longer term (i.e. over the next 4-6 months) we will be working on a
more lightweight, extensible and unit tested/testable rearchitecture
of Chandler (details yet to be finalized/posted). If you are going the
custom app route, then that could be useful to you, although it will
be a while before it is deployable (e.g. has robust persistence). If
you have python coding skills and are interested in helping out with
that, let us know :).
Cheers,
--Grant
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