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: ''This page goes over EnduraNet's purpose, function, and history. To visit the current live version of EnduraNet, [https://enduranet.edcgaming.org click me].'' | : ''This page goes over EnduraNet's purpose, function, and history. To visit the current live version of EnduraNet, [https://enduranet.edcgaming.org click me].'' | ||
'''EnduraNet''' is a database front-end which tracks information of interest to the Endurance Coalition. At present, its primary function is certification tracking. It records what certifications are available, their prerequisite, who made them, along with all members who are certified on a given certification, when a particular member's certification expires (if applicable), and so on. | '''EnduraNet''' is a database front-end which tracks information of interest to the Endurance Coalition. At present, its primary function is certification tracking. It records what certifications are available, their prerequisite, who made them, along with all members who are certified on a given certification, when a particular member's certification expires (if applicable), and so on. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
EnduraNet was created by Sirdog in late April of 2025 as a project to see if he could work with databases and display the information via a front-end website. For certification tracking, which was the original intended goal, when ''practical'', using a database is preferable for [https://blog.airtable.com/database-vs-spreadsheet/ many reasons] | EnduraNet was created by Sirdog in late April of 2025 as a project to see if he could work with databases and display the information via a front-end website. For certification tracking, which was the original intended goal, when ''practical'', using a database is preferable to manual tracking for [https://blog.airtable.com/database-vs-spreadsheet/ many reasons]. | ||
[[File:Enduranet-mvp.png|thumb|425x425px|Screenshot of EnduraNet v0.1.0.]] | [[File:Enduranet-mvp.png|thumb|425x425px|Screenshot of EnduraNet v0.1.0.]] | ||
The project eventually resulted in a [[wikipedia:Minimum viable product|minimum viable product]] with version 0.1.0 releasing on April 29th, 2025. Soon after, [[wikipedia:Version control|version controlling]] was introduced with GitHub, and SierraKomodo began to contribute to it's codebase, bringing considerable programming knowledge which Sirdog lacked. | The project eventually resulted in a [[wikipedia:Minimum viable product|minimum viable product]] with version 0.1.0 releasing on April 29th, 2025. Soon after, [[wikipedia:Version control|version controlling]] was introduced with GitHub, and SierraKomodo began to contribute to it's codebase, bringing considerable programming knowledge which Sirdog lacked. | ||
== Logo == | == Logo == | ||
To make the EnduraNet website visually distinct from the rest of the Endurance Coalition's services, a logo was created by Sirdog | To make the EnduraNet website visually distinct from the rest of the Endurance Coalition's services, a logo specifically for it was created by Sirdog. Inspired by the official community logo, the notable differences are: the database icon replacing the NATO star, the background color changed to <code>#200d3b</code> from the original's <code>#020b41</code>, and the golden rope flipped to go counter-clockwise. | ||
The logo was created in [[wikipedia:GIMP|GIMP]] with all assets, aside from the one's of the official logo, taken from [[commons:Main Page|Wikimedia Commons]] items marked as in the [[wikipedia:Public domain|public domain]]. | |||
== Structure == | == Structure == | ||
Revision as of 18:12, 8 May 2025
- This page goes over EnduraNet's purpose, function, and history. To visit the current live version of EnduraNet, click me.
EnduraNet is a database front-end which tracks information of interest to the Endurance Coalition. At present, its primary function is certification tracking. It records what certifications are available, their prerequisite, who made them, along with all members who are certified on a given certification, when a particular member's certification expires (if applicable), and so on.
History
EnduraNet was created by Sirdog in late April of 2025 as a project to see if he could work with databases and display the information via a front-end website. For certification tracking, which was the original intended goal, when practical, using a database is preferable to manual tracking for many reasons.
The project eventually resulted in a minimum viable product with version 0.1.0 releasing on April 29th, 2025. Soon after, version controlling was introduced with GitHub, and SierraKomodo began to contribute to it's codebase, bringing considerable programming knowledge which Sirdog lacked.
Logo
To make the EnduraNet website visually distinct from the rest of the Endurance Coalition's services, a logo specifically for it was created by Sirdog. Inspired by the official community logo, the notable differences are: the database icon replacing the NATO star, the background color changed to #200d3b from the original's #020b41, and the golden rope flipped to go counter-clockwise.
The logo was created in GIMP with all assets, aside from the one's of the official logo, taken from Wikimedia Commons items marked as in the public domain.
Structure
EnduraNet is stored on a single MariaDB database located on the Endurance Coalition server inside a Docker image. The front end uses Bootstrap for it's visual CSS, Datatables for data presentation, and Select2 for it's searchable dropdowns. It is primarily coded in PHP, with HTML and CSS used for styling.