TimeLord
A simple school timetabling application built using C Sharp. For a modern online version created as an improvement, check out TimeLordOnline.
NB: This is no longer being properly updated, although I might end up coming back to this at some point.
What does the program do?
The program itself allows for managing of rooms, staff and lessons within a timetable. It allows dragging and dropping of lessons, with clash detection. Printing of multiple different timetables can be done using the appropriate dialog box.
Icons used are from the noun project.
Reason for development
The program was written as part of my A-Level in Computing. I had to design some system, with a client. This is the technical aspect of the project, with the documentation being in a separate PDF format.
Compatibility
This program was tested under Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1, although it should work with 10 as well. If you use Mono, you can probably get it working on Linux/Mac too, although I haven't tried that. That might require some tweaking.
Possible improvements I could make
- Solve an optimization problem (automatically place lessons)
- Make printing nicer
- Redesign the GUI (as it could be better - I'm using a picturebox)
- Add more Doctor Who references (e.g. exterminate for the delete button)
NB: I probably won't end up improving this anytime soon, as I would prefer to do a full rewrite of the project than continue with the current codebase - I made several errors during development, which resulted in me having to search through many lists, rather than using pointers. It's not ideal, and in some cases quite slow. However, on a moderately sized school, with relatively OK specs (i5 processor, 4GB RAM), the program runs fine.