Timesummer is a simple timekeeping application. It was written to make our life as a single remote cowboy programmer easier. The client did not only want working code, but also reports how time was spent. As keeping an excel list or a simple text-file is too much work, we wrote this tiny application.

Getting started:

• Get a free account.
• You book your time on accounts. So setup tasks (accounts)

The general structure is client.project.task. The client might be IBM, the project might be XRT and the task might be design. Then you can add t asks like IBM.XRT.testing, which would mean a testing task.

This client.project.task structure has the advantage that it makes it easier to run more complex reports on the data. How much data we do for client X? How much did we do on project Y?

Here we create the client BMW with project RoR and task design. If the client already exists, only the project and the task are created. If the client and the project exist, only the task gets created.

You can add tasks only to existing client.project.task combinations, but by entering IBM.XRT.testing, you automatically create the client IBM, the project XRT and the task testing if they did not exist before.

Starting/Stopping task

Enough! Some people got work todo! OK, it’s as simple as a cd-player. Press the start and stop button.

Task not running

Task running

This client.project.task structure has the advantage that it makes it easier to run more complex reports on the data. How much data we do for client X? How much did we do on project Y?

Enjoy timesummer, and please use the forms on the site to send us feedback.