Super-productivity: Consider adding Trello Integration

[Arcyne]

Hi, this is a feature request rather than a bug.

My company uses Trello a fair bit, but I enjoy the deep persistence (nagging?) of the Super Productivity reminders. :-) An integration with Trello would allow me to add the scheduled reminders/etc from your interface, but also give some transparency to the Trello board. It also allows my manager to easily drop tasks into the shared Trello board and I won't miss them due the the task sync from Super Productivity.

Note, Google Keep/Other integration Hub might allow for a multi-step hop integration so if you have any ideas for a non-code workaround I'm open to them.

Sincerely,
R

[johannesjo]

Hi there! Thanks for opening this up.I am definitely open about this, but I won't spent much time on it myself. PRs welcome!

[Arcyne]

Cool, Sounds like a weekend project for me. I’ll let you know how its going after the weekend.

R

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Hi there! Thanks for opening this up.I am definitely open about this, but I won't spent much time on it myself. PRs welcome!

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[johannesjo]

Let me know if you have any question!

[johannesjo]

@Arcyne if you're still interested: This should be much easier now :)

[johannesjo]

@Arcyne I suppose you're not working on this any more, am I correct. No worries and no pressure, but I'd like to know :)

[smalltimer]

I think integration with trello is dangerous, and for open-source and free software, it's a step in the wrong direction. I really hope superproductivity will stay away from any commercial interference (obviously apart from as many donations as we can give to the main developer @johannesjo !!).

[johannesjo]

@smalltimer Thank you for your input. I agree that Super Productivity should never become intertwined with any commercial (non-open-source) software to the point that you can't use the app without it. Any kind of such integration should also never be enabled by default.

I see no harm in adding additional Issue providers though. It just means that people would gain flexibility. I don't know how often that is the case with Trello, but with Jira I often simply have no other choice than using it, because the company I am working for uses it. I really like the option to import my issues from there, but I absolutely don't have to use it for my private projects (and I don't).

[smalltimer]

I agree! I am lucky that my work (a scientist) does not bind me to a specific platform. I see your point though and it makes total sense.

I am wary of for-profit companies because when you allow synchronisation with such platforms, in some sense, you give away some control. For instance, if trello decides to change its API or block access from superproductivity because it wants traffic on its own website rather than through an open-source app, a number of users will be forced to file issues with you here. I believe as the developer of an open-source app, you should not have to deal with these problems as they are uninvited and unwelcome stress.

That said, I suppose it is a very idealistic point of view, and I imagine most of us are bound to one commercial platform or another (sadly). Thank you very much for sharing this fantastic software for free. I was using a frankenstein getting-things-done workflow to manage my projects using todo.txt files. Your app changed all that :) I am able to efficiently track and manage about 15-20 open projects (some much more active than others) at the same time in a very organised manner. Thank you!!

My programming skills are limited to making mathematical models for research, but if I can contribute in any way (e.g. conceptually) I would be very happy to chip in.

Cheers!

[johannesjo]

@smalltimer I really appreciate your point of view. Dealing with third-party APIs can really be a pain for sure (I don't know how many weeks I unproductively sunk into publishing this to the Mac Store, but this is another story :)).

If @Arcyne is willing to work for on this feature, I am really happy about it and I am all for people giving the option. Many use Trello and as Super Productivity doesn't (yet) offer the possibility to share task lists with others, this could be a really nice addition for people using Trello.

My programming skills are limited to making mathematical models for research, but if I can contribute in any way (e.g. conceptually) I would be very happy to chip in.

This is great to hear! Giving feedback in any kind of way is very welcome indeed! I'd really like to make the app as good as it can be.

There are also many other options to contribute to this project. I think what might help most, in the long run, would be getting more people on board with the project (starting with more people using it which will hopefully trickle down to more people contributing, providing feedback, etc.).

[smalltimer]

@johannesjo Thanks for pointing me towards the contribution page. I'm already spreading the word, and at some point I also intend to write a blog-post about it (given my workload that is probably some way off though). I'm a neuroscientist, so if you need some advice regarding the design of the software from a more cognitive/psychological perspective, do not hesitate to get in touch as well! It will be great to put my knowledge to some applied, non-academic use.

Bon weekend ^_^