Readit Newsaerugo_ commented on Show HN: Ultra-portable Gantt chart tool for very regulated environments github.com/aerugo/simpleg... · Posted by u/aerugo_
Looks pretty interesting.. Wonder if this can be done with nothing but browser, CSS, html and a JS without those extra CDNs.
Yeah absolutely. Once I am sure of what libraries I will need, I will probably remove the CDN dependencies and just bundle everything.
> If you have a SharePoint environment you can "host" it by uploading the repo to SharePoint after renaming simplegantt.html to simplegantt.aspx
Sharepoint just runs arbitrary aspx files???????
No, it's not "running" the file, it's the browser that runs it. For some reason, if I keep it as HTML, the file will not open in the browser when opened from a Sharepoint directory (mounted in the filesystem or opened through the browser), even though it runs perfectly fine when opened from a local folder. I discovered that simply renaming the HTML file to .aspx allowed it to be opened from Sharepoint. No idea why, I have zero knowledge of .NET and its ecosystem.
Reminds me a little bit of https://markwhen.com/
That's really neat! SimpleGantt needs to be a bit more feature-complete than is easily supportable with something like that, but I love the simplicity. I am an avid user of TiddlyWiki and this would be a great addon to that platform.
n+1 to the Category comments.
Feature request: Allow planning by days following Authorization to Proceed or similar undefined start date. I realize this runs into its own problems but 99% of the time I don't know when that date might be yet I need to lay out a schedule to support a proposal to get the funding to do the job being planned. Weekends, holidays, and other specifics are less important than a view of task relationships and milestones over weeks and months.
Even the huge MS Project cannot or will not do that.
Interesting idea. I might do it, I see where you're coming from with it.
Thank you very much for this project, not only because it looks nice but also to have created with a long lost spirit: "I do something nice for myself and I share it with the world" open source, and doing something straight simple with dependency!
I wish more things are released like that.
Also your tool might be very useful because there isn't a good Gantt tool that is lightweight anymore, i search for one recently and my only solution in the end was to use an excel template...
My 2 feedbacks if you are interested: - it is annoying to have the "category" required to create a task. Maybe you could create a task with an "undefined" category if none provided? - a great feature would be to be able to export the result output or view in a PNG picture or SVG.
Great feedback! Thank you. Obvious now that you mention it. I just fixed it. Pull the new version and you will be able to add uncategorized tasks.