{"id":200,"date":"2012-08-24T22:39:54","date_gmt":"2012-08-24T19:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sveder.com\/blog\/?p=200"},"modified":"2014-11-06T00:03:35","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T21:03:35","slug":"announcing-a-trello-to-ical-feed-web-application","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sveder.com\/blog\/?p=200","title":{"rendered":"Announcing a Trello to iCal Feed Web Application"},"content":{"rendered":"

tl;dr – I wrote an app that creates a feed that you can plug into your calendars out of Trello cards with due date. Update: That was two years ago and since then Trello finally added that feature, and users migrated to using Trello, so I took it down. RIP \ud83d\ude42<\/strong><\/p>\n

Almost a year ago Fog Creek Software<\/a> released Trello <\/a>a flexible web based to-do list tool that can also be used as a project management tool. Because of its flexibilities Trello has been used for many use cases – software release processes, customer relations management, book authoring and much more<\/a>. I started using it at launch because I hate every other to-do list tool, and I tried many, but I instantly fell in love with Trello. It was easy to use and got out of my way, which is something other to-do lists just didn’t get. I was hooked since and started getting others to use it to plan things with me. I use it to manage pretty much everything, including the backlog of features to this blog, development tasks for zAnti<\/a>, the app I’m responsible for at Zimperium<\/a> and more. The only thing that was really missing from Trello was integration with my calendar. It was a major pain point. Trello cards (the basic to-do items) have only one way of connecting them to time and date – a “due date” value that changes colors when the date passes. One of the most requested features was to have calendar integration.<\/p>\n

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When the Trello API was out I immediately knew that my first priority is integration with my Google Calendar. I started playing with the API and making the basic PoC (Proof of Concept) for an app that created an iCal feed from Trello cards with a due date. Using iCal was the best option as it is supported by every calendar program worth its salt. I than left the code alone for a few months because lack of time and general tendency not to finish things. At the end of July I decided it’s time to productize this and I wrote the first version of the “Trello to iCal feed app” which is up now<\/a>. I am still adding features to it and changing stuff, but it works and seems stable. The source code can be found here<\/a>. I will make a separate post about the design and code of the app sometimes this week when I finish updating to a new version. Definitely learned a few interesting things.<\/p>\n

One amusing thing that happened is that between the PoC and the productization another developer (Fran\u00e7ois de Metz<\/a>) added this feature to his app. Three months ago his app<\/a> only showed you your cards on a basic calendar he created without any integration to outside calendars which wasn’t helpful to me, but he since he added a way to get an iCal feed. We both even used Twitter Bootstrap so our sites look pretty similar. This coincidence isn’t magical though – Bootstrap is popping up everywhere and it’s easy to deploy, but I think I’ll steer clear of it in my next projects. I’ve had some problems with LESS <\/a>support on windows and I’ve also seen some backlash and lack or trust from developers when they see a vanilla Bootstrap site.<\/p>\n

If you have any feedback and comments you can use this Trello board<\/a> (how meta) or just contact me using the usual methods<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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