I found a cool easy way to incorporate a database with EntropyDB. It’s an easy way to store and retrieve models directly, without having to write SQL.

It seems to work well, but already I can see that the lack of other kinds of queries is going to be a pain in the future, especially if I want to display stats or store games by lat/long and find nearby places. Things like that.

I’ve spent some time trying to figure out how to deploy my app onto my phone, but so far no luck. Part of it probably has to do with how Apple thinks my name is “Erik McLeod” because they updated my last name but not my first name. Secondly, I think I revoked a certificate when I tried to start over and now don’t know how to add a new one.

Other than that, I’ve now got the app saving Player and Game information, including place name, price of the bill, etc. It then calculates whether a player is “ahead” or “behind” in their playing… if they’re making more money by playing or losing money, and how much. Sorta cool.

Next steps:

• Figure out how to run it on my actual phone instead of just the iPhone Simulator on my computer.
• Option to let people easily select players who’ve played before rather than always have to select from the Address Book.
• Figure out if I want to display a list of games, or stats on games. Not much point in keeping track of location names unless they’re re-displayed somehow.