At work, I need to write down a list of names and hand it to a supervisor. Then the supervisor has every ones lists of names so they know who’s on whose list. Then if they need to refer back to the lists, they need to search though them all to find what they’re looking for. It’s quite a waste of paper, pens don’t always work because it’s very cold, there’s not always a writing surface, it’s a huge hassle to write down names all the time, and it cant be very easy to search through them if the supervisors need to.
I figured that if everyone had a phone app, they could just type the names into their phone, and all the lists would be put together and available for the supervisors to search through. It would be a pretty simple app that would make everyone’s jobs easier.
To make the app all i need is a menu that would let the employee select which of the 3 locations they’re working from, then another submenu so they can select their group, then enter their name and create their list. Once their list is submitted, anyone, specifically the supervisors, can search it filtering by location and group. There would have to be a server somewhere to collect all the lists and keep them updated, this could probably just be done with an office computer or even just a RaspberryPi with an internet connection and SD card.
I’m familiar with a bit of javascript and Java, but that’s only for Android, and most people have iPhones. I don’t want to develop the app, then learn a whole new language so that everyone can use it. I’m pretty much penniless, so I’m not going to pay for anything. I’d rather lean C# than pay more than $5 for anything. If the business likes my app and decides they want it would they be allowed to use it royalty free? If they decide they want to buy it from me could I legally sell it to them? Is Corona the SDK for me?