Inspiration
I wanted to build a Pebble hack and I figured Pebble could be a convenient way to track laundry cycles.
What it does
LaundryTime gives users a convenient way to start a timer when doing their laundry.Pressing up will immediately start a countdown for their wash cycle. Pressing down will start a countdown for their dry cycle. The center button will allow users to change the time of their cycles.
How I built it
I used Pebble's CloudPebble IDE and Pebble.js.
Challenges I ran into
Using Javascript when developing Pebble can be a problem because Javascript is used for more static functions. Thus trying to create a countdown timer took a few hours and it doesn't display property on the Pebble screen. If I had used C, it would work more accurately. I didn't work with C this weekend because I'm not familiar with it and just wanted to make the app functional for the most part with Javascript, which I do know.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
I'm glad I was able to make the countdown work.
What I learned
I learned everything I knew about Pebble this weekend and that C would be a better language for Pebble development.
What's next for LaundryTime
In the future, LaundryTime will use more C than JS and the Settings will be functional. Users will then be able to edit the cycle times within the app.
