Booked
Original author(s) | Nick Korbel |
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Developer(s) | Twinkle Toes Software |
Initial release | September 13, 2004[1] and January 24, 2014 (2.5.0) as Booked[2] | (1.0.0) as phpScheduleIt
Stable release |
2.8.5 (November 1, 2020 ) [±] |
Preview release | 2.7.1 Beta (May 1, 2018 ) [±] |
Written in | PHP, JavaScript |
Operating system | Cross-platform |
Available in | Multilingual |
Type | Resource management software |
License(s) | GNU General Public License v2.0 |
Website | BookedScheduler.com |
Booked is a free open-source web application designed to improve scheduling and manage resource utilization. Resources are scheduled and reserved using a permissions-based calendar, later allowing for modifications to those reservations as needed.
Product history
The predecessor to Booked was phpScheduleIt. The author, Nick Korbel, originally created the program for the Immunology Applications Core Facility and the Ben May Institute for Cancer Research at the University of Chicago.[3] A SourceForge project for phpScheduleIt began on November 21, 2003[4], and by September 13, 2004 an official open-source version 1.0 release of the software was made on Freecode.[1] On March 22, 2006, new forums were created for supporting the software and the community.[5] By the end of the summer, hosting on Freecode stopped, remaining exclusively on SourceForge.[1]
Work on the project tapered off by mid-2008, with only a few releases being made. But a flurry of updates arrived after the 2.0.0 release on February 12, 2012[6]. Steady work has continued on it since, with Korbel stating in April 2012 "the time I spend [on it] is fun and rewarding."[7]
On January 24, 2014, Korbel announced phpScheduleIt would become "Booked," developed by his new small business Twinkle Toes Software. The software would remain open-source.[2]
On November 1, 2020, the open-source version of the software was discontinued, with release 2.8.5., with the software becoming "a ful SaaS offering."[8] According the primary developer Nick Korbel, "Booked Scheduler will be shifting to better serve the small business and not-for-profit communities. Going forward I’ll be directing all new academic and research customers to LabArchives Scheduler."[9] A few users took to forking the software[10], but it's not clear if those projects will take hold. As of January 2021, one fork has a 2.8.5.2 release.[11]
Releases as Booked
The following tables show the dates of various known releases of Booked[12]:
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Releases as phpScheduleIt
The following tables show the dates of various known releases of phpScheduleIt; it may not be complete[1][6][13]:
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Features
Features of Booked include[14]:
- schedule view for finding and booking a time slot
- administrative tools for searching, managing, and exporting data
- reservation start and end reminders
- reporting system
- user-based security
- flexible layout configuration
- flexible quota system
- optional reservation review and approval
- export to Outlook or any other system that accepts .ical files
- authentication integration with LDAP/Active Directory
Hardware/software requirements
Installation requirements for phpScheduleIt include:
- PHP 5.2 or greater
- MySQL 5.0 or greater
- a web server (Apache 2, IIS)
- a JavaScript-enabled browser
Videos, screenshots, and other media
- A Booked demo can be found on the site.
- YouTube videos of Booked can be found here.
Entities using Booked
Further reading
External links
Booked can also be found on SourceForge. However, use caution when downloading and installing from there; the install package may contain undesirable add-on software.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "All releases of phpScheduleIt". Freecode. http://freecode.com/projects/phpscheduleit/releases. Retrieved 02 November 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Korbel, Nick (24 January 2014). "We’re Officially Booked!". Nick Korbel. http://php.brickhost.com/blog/2014/01/24/were-officially-booked/. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
- ↑ Kowalski, Elizabeth T. (29 June 2007). "Summary: ON-LINE SCHEDULING SOFTWARE". Purdue University. https://lists.purdue.edu/pipermail/cytometry/2007-June/033057.html. Retrieved 02 November 2012.
- ↑ "phpScheduleIt". SourceForge. http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpscheduleit/. Retrieved 02 November 2012.
- ↑ Korbel, Nick (22 March 2006). "phpScheduleIt - New Forums Launched!". Simple Machines. http://php.brickhost.com/forums/index.php?topic=4.0. Retrieved 02 November 2012.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Home > 1. phpScheduleIt". SourceForge. http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpscheduleit/files/1.%20phpScheduleIt/. Retrieved 02 November 2012.
- ↑ Korbel, Nick (18 April 2012). "Why phpScheduleIt?". Nick Korbel. http://php.brickhost.com/blog/?p=17. Retrieved 02 November 2012.
- ↑ "Booked - Open Source End of Life Update". SourceForge. 13 October 2020. Archived from the original on 21 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201222195530/https://sourceforge.net/projects/phpscheduleit/files/. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ↑ Korbel, N. (October 2020). "Big Changes for Booked Scheduler". https://www.bookedscheduler.com/the-future-of-booked/. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ↑ daevor (29 October 2020). "Open Source Development". Booked Scheduler Support Forums. https://forums.bookedscheduler.com/viewtopic.php?t=435. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ↑ nenimilo. "BookedScheduler Releases". GitHub. https://github.com/nenimilo/BookedScheduler/releases. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ↑ "Home > Booked". SourceForge. http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpscheduleit/files/Booked/. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
- ↑ "phpScheduleIt - Announcements". Simple Machines. http://php.brickhost.com/forums/index.php?board=3.0. Retrieved 02 November 2012.
- ↑ "Booked Scheduler - Features". Nick Korbel. http://www.bookedscheduler.com/features. Retrieved 28 April 2014.