Hi, it’s time for the third part in my series about Garmin ConnectIQ app development. Previously I have already installed the ConnectIQ SDK and the Eclipse plugin as described in the Readme file. The planned structure of the app is as follows: A Monkey C app is built on top…
Table hockey madness (part 2)
Hi, This post is continuation to the first part of the series about the development of another Garmin ConnectIQ app that can be used for bookkeeping of scores in a table hockey or football game. Let’s start with the actual work now. First I want to sketch a couple of…
Table hockey madness (part 1)
Hi there, a couple of weeks ago I wrote about my first app for the Garmin Connect IQ platform, i.e. “Juice Left” a data field for viewing the current remaining battery level. In the following post I intend to present another app I’m currently implementing, and maybe provide some deeper…
Development of a sample Connect IQ App
Ever since I have had Garmin Vívoactive HR, I have planned to implement something for the relatively fresh ConnectIQ platform. Obviously Garmin still has a long way to go to attract enough developers to its platform, whereas Android and iOS are the clear leaders on the smartphone market. This may be tricky,…
Sneakerbuddy, a Meteor based Web app
Hi, I have planned for years to develop a software tool or an app with which I could maintain bookkeeping about the kilometres run on my running shoes. Finally I finished a simple prototype for the task. I wanted to keep things simple and the architecture is therefore probably far from…
3×2 miles @Interval pace and 5 min recovery + wu/cd
Hi there, The service break is over and everything is getting back to the old state gradually. There still are some services I have to restore, but at least the blog is up and running and I can submit new postings. Tonight I wasn’t sure whether I could cope with…
Towards the Backbone(.js)
After briefly testing Node.js and MongoDB I decided it’s time to take a look at Backbone.js and try out it with a minimal application. The objective is to make use of all these technologies in the long run – in a project the focus of which is not entirely clear yet.…
Fetching weather data with Node.js and storing it to MongoDB
My initial idea was to take first steps with Node.js and implement a simple app fetching weather related data and store it to a MongoDB based database. As prerequisites Node.js and MongoDB were already installed and running on the server. I had few objectives in my mind: Implement a simple…