Here’s a new version of the Limelight app! The name is now changed, and it has a new icon.
In terms of functionality, I’ve updated the API requests to grab all the tickets for a project, instead of just the first ‘page’:
Limelight version 0.3As stated in the update on my previous blog post, there is already a Lighthouse-related app called Lighthouse Keeper. Bummer.
Still, not to worry. To avoid confusion and general awkwardness, I’m going to change the name of the app to Limelight. I’m pretty sure that there are no existing apps in the same domain with that name. Pretty sure. Not 100%. So if there are any app developers out there developing a Lighthouse app called Limelight… I’m sorry in advance. Hopefully I’ll be ok this time though.
I’m going to release a new version of the app with the changed name in the next couple of days.
Update: Oops! It looks like there is already a Lighthouse-related app called Lighthouse Keeper (it can be found here). Future versions of my app will have a different name to avoid confusion.
Lighthouse is a lightweight hosted bug-tracker produced by entp. It’s advertised as “Beautifully Simple Issue Tracking”.
Lighthouse Keeper is a small AIR app produced by me. It allows you to export Lighthouse ticket info to a csv file.
I learned about the existence of Lighthouse earlier this week at a job interview. I’ve used a couple of bug-trackers before, but Lighthouse had never appeared on my radar. The two guys interviewing me got into a spirited conversation with each other about the various pros and cons of different bug tracking solutions, but Lighthouse in particular. One of their comments was
I wish there was a way to export my tickets as a csv file.
Maybe someone will come up with something using the API.
That’s a challenge if I’ve ever heard one. Continue reading