why is it's only merit that it's built with react/redux? Is it not enough to solve a particular problem of workout tracking, that you must do so using the development framework of the day? also: > Account only required if you wish to save your workouts. this is a WORKOUT LOGGER. What am I doing, as a user, if not logging my workouts? There is no other value proposition. Users do not benefit from entering their workou…
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Re: Show HN: A workout logger written using React/Redux
#12why is it's only merit that it's built with react/redux? Is it not enough to solve a particular problem of workout tracking, that you must do so using the development framework of the day? also: > Account only required if you wish to save your workouts. this is a WORKOUT LOGGER. What am I doing, as a user, if not logging my workouts? There is no other value proposition. Users do not benefit from entering their workou…
Framework of the day? What world do you live in? React and redux aren't new and they're the standard for almost every frontend job I saw when I was interviewing a few months back.
I am seriously considering making a vue.js clone and document the differences!
I need to polish up the current app first though :)
Re: Show HN: A workout logger written using React/Redux
#13why is it's only merit that it's built with react/redux? Is it not enough to solve a particular problem of workout tracking, that you must do so using the development framework of the day? also: > Account only required if you wish to save your workouts. this is a WORKOUT LOGGER. What am I doing, as a user, if not logging my workouts? There is no other value proposition. Users do not benefit from entering their workou…
Allowing people to try out the product without requiring a signup is an extremely frequent piece of feedback here. Very appreciated.
Re: Show HN: A workout logger written using React/Redux
#14Good luck with your app!
Re: Show HN: A workout logger written using React/Redux
#15why is it's only merit that it's built with react/redux? Is it not enough to solve a particular problem of workout tracking, that you must do so using the development framework of the day? also: > Account only required if you wish to save your workouts. this is a WORKOUT LOGGER. What am I doing, as a user, if not logging my workouts? There is no other value proposition. Users do not benefit from entering their workou…
Hello and thanks for your feedback! Part of making this service was to learn React/Redux and see how different it is to Angular. I've read quite a bit but there's nothing quite like learning by doing something bigger than a todo app - the front-end is open sourced on Github and I plan on writing a few blog posts on what I've learnt building Ewolo, hence the title. Regarding the text, I wanted to let people know that…
Re: Show HN: A workout logger written using React/Redux
#16Looks pretty cool. I also recently developed an app to track strength training workouts. I also used React/Redux for the web app. The iOS app is native though (supports offline mode and offers Watch app) and Android is in-progress. https://www.rikerapp.com Good luck with your app!
- the web version costs money after 90 days but the app is free. Why the differences?
- it seems that I cannot add any other exercises apart from the ones provided, would be nice to be able to quickly log what I wanna do.
- the records list view on mobile is a bit squished (i.e. I find it difficult to horizontally scroll)
- no support for super-sets: I do a lot of circuit training and I somehow managed to add this feature to Ewolo using a rest parameter. I'm still not sure what the best way to model this data would be without making it cumbersome.
Anyways, nice work though that you got a web and a native iOS app out there. It seems that making a nice, simple workout logger is not the easiest job.
Good luck to you as well!
Re: Show HN: A workout logger written using React/Redux
#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hello and thanks for your feedback! Part of making this service was to learn React/Redux and see how different it is to Angular. I've read quite a bit but there's nothing quite like learning by doing something bigger than a todo app - the front-end is open sourced on Github and I plan on writing a few blog posts on what I've learnt building Ewolo, hence the title. Regarding the text, I wanted to let people know that…
I'm trying to learn React/Redux - do you have any tips/guides on learning how to get register/login working?
Also, just to let you know that my timezone is CET :)
Re: Show HN: A workout logger written using React/Redux
#18> To convert from kilograms to pounds, enter the weight in kgs and hit the convert button. To re-enable the button delete and re-add the exercise.
Re: Show HN: A workout logger written using React/Redux
#19Looks pretty cool. I also recently developed an app to track strength training workouts. I also used React/Redux for the web app. The iOS app is native though (supports offline mode and offers Watch app) and Android is in-progress. https://www.rikerapp.com Good luck with your app!
Hey, I just checked out your app and a few quick notes: - the web version costs money after 90 days but the app is free. Why the differences? - it seems that I cannot add any other exercises apart from the ones provided, would be nice to be able to quickly log what I wanna do. - the records list view on mobile is a bit squished (i.e. I find it difficult to horizontally scroll) - no support for super-sets: I do a lot…
"the web version costs money after 90 days but the app is free. Why the differences?"
Because the web version stores your data on my server (and thus making it syncable to all your devices) - and so for that capability (and to cover my server operational costs), it's a paid feature. But if just using the iOS app, all of your data is by default stored locally on the device (I'm using Sqlite for that), and so that's free (since I don't incur any operational costs for that).
"it seems that I cannot add any other exercises apart from the ones provided, would be nice to be able to quickly log what I wanna do."
I thought about that in the beginning, and ultimately decided against it for simplicity; and would instead go the route of incrementally adding more and more exercises myself to the app. But will perhaps re-think this.
"the records list view on mobile is a bit squished (i.e. I find it difficult to horizontally scroll)"
Will look into this. I'm currently using an OSS library for the records display, and so I'll see if there are params I can tweak.
"no support for super-sets: I do a lot of circuit training and I somehow managed to add this feature to Ewolo using a rest parameter. I'm still not sure what the best way to model this data would be without making it cumbersome."
I also struggle with how to model supersets - more so from a UX standpoint. You're totally right - you'd think a rep tracker would be easy, but as you get into it, there's quite a bit of complexity that emerges. I think I have a good way to handle supersets, but that will have to be for a future release...currently trying to get the Android app (and Gear app) done.
Thanks again for the comments.
[edit - typos etc]
Re: Show HN: A workout logger written using React/Redux
#20Nice work and nice idea, a clean and functional UI can be motivating in and of itself. But definitely rework this part: > To convert from kilograms to pounds, enter the weight in kgs and hit the convert button. To re-enable the button delete and re-add the exercise.
Would you believe it if I told you that I myself use Kgs and need to convert every time? I had to make some decisions for an alpha release and this was one of them (I just picked the lower unit as default)!