Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote: > Älphä Blüë wrote: > [...] >> First, there's naming conventions to consider for each team name. Each >> website that houses schedules name their teams differently: >> >> ESPN names USC -> USC >> ncaa.org names USC -> Southern California > [...] > > Isn't there an XML feed or something that you could subscribe to where > this is already normalized? I know such things exist for pro football > (I think the provider I worked with was called SportsXML or something > like that). > > Best, > -- > Marnen Laibow-Koser > http://www.marnen.org > [email protected]
Hi Marnen, Yeah, eventually I can pull in data using an XML feed (as you suggested). That will be the best method in the future. I'm kind of just babying my app with the beginning load data so that I can hand check things personally. Scheduling seems easy but it's actually quite difficult. You have divisions, team names, formal team names, dates, times, locations, week start containers, and the list goes on and on. Once I have my site up and running and things are going well, I'll then be able to work on automating tasks like schedules. I just wanted you to realize that I do agree with you. I'm definitely for modular sites with a lot of automation to shorten work loads. I just have limited time in order to get my site up and running before the end of week 3 (which is when my subscription service will begin). I'll look into the company name you provided. I'm sure there's a very simple way of pulling in schedules that I can modify to work with my system. However, right now, a lot of my existing app is self-realization and still in discovery mode. I'm hopeful about getting it up and running within the next two months but I may have to wait until next season before I can deliver on my subscription service for head-2-head... -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
