Managing a football club means juggling a lot of different tasks, coordinating between different departments and making sure that everyone on the team can communicate easily. This is where TacTec comes in. It is a cutting-edge software that helps football clubs run seamlessly.
Manage your entire football club
TacTec is the best way for clubs to connect their different facilities and enhance collaboration. With its easy-to-use interface and full set of features, it gives club managers, coaches, players, and staff the tools they need to work together to reach their goals.
TacTec is compatible across multiple platforms. Whether you prefer using Android, iOS, or Windows devices, TacTec ensures that you can access its functionalities seamlessly from any device.
By using this powerful software, football clubs can say goodbye to old manual processes and welcome a new era of streamlined operations. TacTec takes care of everything, from handling player registrations and setting up training sessions to keeping track of performance and communication with sponsors.
Ideology and creation
Mohamed Adel – First Team manager at UD Almeria came up with the idea for TacTec out of his deep understanding of the game and pursuit of excellence in management of his team. He knew he needed a more sophisticated approach to managing his team. so he worked with Ventio to develop a tool that would help his team reach their full potential.
Ventio which is known for being a top-notch agile software house did a great job of making Mohamed Adel’s idea a reality. Their careful design process makes sure that every part of TacTec is made to fit the needs of UD Almeria and other teams around the world that are thinking ahead of competition.
Challenges faced when developing TacTec
Developing TacTec came with its fair share of challenges. From intricate design considerations to technical hurdles, the development process requires meticulous planning and problem-solving.
Here are the top challenges faced by Ventio when developing this project.
Understanding business needs
At Ventio, we think that every business is different and needs tactics that are made just for it to be successful.
We took the time to carefully understand how each department worked and what its goals were. By doing this, we were able to come up with full plans that fit with the vision of each area of work and lead to real results, all while getting feedback at every step of the way.
Choosing technology
Choosing the right development technology is crucial for any project’s success. We had to keep in mind that we’ll need a programming language that supports animation capabilities, cross-platform.In addition, API type that fits best and does the easiest for integration as we have mane features.Along with right archeticture for this software project.
Choosing the effective language for Mobile and Web
When it comes to choosing the most effective programming language for your needs, it can be overwhelming with so many options available.
Let’s start with React and React Native. These powerful frameworks are widely used for building user interfaces and mobile applications respectively. They offer a great deal of flexibility and efficiency in developing cross-platform applications.
If you’re looking for a server-side language, PHP is a popular choice known for its simplicity and compatibility with various databases. It has been around for years and has a large community of developers supporting it.
For those interested in building scalable and high-performance applications, NodeJS is worth considering. It uses JavaScript on the server-side and allows developers to build real-time applications easily.
Also, Flutter deserves a mention. It is a cross-platform framework that allows you to build beautiful mobile applications using a single codebase. With Flutter, you can create stunning user interfaces that work seamlessly on both iOS and Android devices.
However, we have in our features needs animation work, and we need database No-SQL because of scalability that we want in future, and so we choose the JS technology in both server-side (using NodeJS) to work with MongoDB. On other hand, in client-side, React Native would be the best to fit with NodeJS.
Now, let’s talk about JavaScript itself – the language that powers the web. It is versatile, easy to learn, and widely supported across different browsers. Whether you’re working on front-end development or back-end scripting, JavaScript is an essential skill to have.
Remember, there’s no one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to programming languages. Consider your project requirements, your team’s expertise, and the specific goals you want to achieve before making your decision.
REST vs GraphQL
In the world of web development, two powerful technologies have emerged: REST and GraphQL. As React and React Native continue to dominate the landscape, understanding the integration of these technologies becomes crucial.
REST, or Representational State Transfer, has been a staple in web development for years. It follows a traditional client-server architecture and uses HTTP methods to communicate with APIs. RESTful APIs are known for their simplicity and ease of use. However, as applications become more complex and data requirements grow, REST can sometimes lead to over-fetching or under-fetching of data.
Enter GraphQL – a query language for your API. With GraphQL, developers have more control over the data they retrieve from an API. Instead of multiple endpoints like in REST, GraphQL allows you to request exactly what you need with a single query. This reduces network requests and improves performance.
When it comes to integrating React or React Native with either REST or GraphQL, both options have their pros and cons. REST is well-established and widely supported by frameworks and libraries. It’s straightforward to implement in React applications using fetch or Axios.
On the other hand, GraphQL offers flexibility in terms of data retrieval but requires additional setup compared to REST. Libraries like Apollo Client make it easier to integrate GraphQL into your React projects by providing caching mechanisms and query management tools.
Ultimately, the choice between REST and GraphQL depends on your project’s specific needs. If you’re working on a smaller application with simpler data requirements, REST might be sufficient. However, if scalability and efficiency are paramount concerns or if you anticipate complex queries in your application, embracing the power of GraphQL could be the way forward.
Remember that both technologies have their place in modern web development – it’s about choosing the right tool for the job at hand! Embrace innovation while staying true to your project’s goals – whether that means sticking with familiar REST or exploring the possibilities offered by GraphQL integration with React or React Native.
And So, We made a meeting with development team to discuss the API choice and we made a small demo for only part of a feature and compared the time spent, and we finally had to decide depending on the fastest solution to apply and we found that using REST with Axios for web and React Query for Mobile is having less complexity and issues and faster to apply between our development team according to our needs.
Choosing architecture
we were in stage to decide between two options: Monolithic or Microservices.
In the world of software development, the debate between monolithic and microservices architectures has been ongoing. Both approaches have their merits, but it is essential to understand the benefits and drawbacks of each to make an informed decision.
A monolithic architecture entails building an application as a single, self-contained unit. It is characterized by its simplicity, as all components are tightly integrated. This approach can be efficient for small-scale projects or when rapid deployment is not a priority.
On the other hand, microservices architecture breaks down an application into smaller, independent services that communicate with each other through APIs. This modular approach offers numerous advantages, such as improved scalability, fault isolation, and flexibility in technology choices.
By embracing microservices, organizations can achieve greater agility in their software development processes. Each service can be developed and deployed independently, enabling teams to work on different parts of the system simultaneously. This distributed nature also allows for easier scaling and maintenance of individual services without impacting the entire application.
However, it’s important to note that adopting microservices comes with its own set of challenges. The complexity of managing multiple services and ensuring seamless communication between them requires careful planning, cost management and robust infrastructure.
We actually offering more than 50 complex features in our project which made us to think about microservices. However, they seam many features we only connect with our one API, and these feature used be small number of people along with moderate amount of data. Considering the cost and complexity also for Microservice to apply, we decided to use Monolithic archeticture, but we had to figure out a way to organize all these features, so we depended on file structure and design pattern.
We created a system in file structure that is same in way of names, objects and organization in all three sided: Mobile development, Web-development and back-end which provide as the capability to trace bugs and issues along with separating each feature in its space. And for Database, we separate data with table for each feature. Finally, we make sure that design pattern thay used by all developer is same.
React Native gesture handler and animation
Finally and important to say one of challanges was handling animation in the mobile app.
We had to try many options to apply Formation Maker feature. To use React Native natively- without libraries- was taking so much time and effort along with not-best-performance to finish specially in gesture handler, and so we used React Native Reanimated.
React Native Reanimated is a powerful tool that brings life and interactivity to your mobile applications. With its seamless integration into React Native, developers can unlock a whole new level of animation and performance.
Reanimated allows you to create stunning and smooth animations with ease. Whether you’re building a simple button animation or a complex gesture-based interaction, Reanimated provides the tools and APIs to make it happen.
One of the key benefits of using React Native Reanimated is its ability to handle complex animations without sacrificing performance. By leveraging the power of the native runtime, Reanimated ensures that your animations run smoothly even on older devices.
Other concerns
Ventio`s team also considered whether to use TypeScript or JavaScript in the coding stage.
JavaScript, being the foundation of web development, is a versatile and widely-used programming language. It allows developers to create interactive elements on web pages and handle client-side scripting. With its simplicity and flexibility, JavaScript has become a staple in the industry.
On the other hand, TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that adds static typing to the language. This means that developers can catch errors during development rather than at runtime. TypeScript offers enhanced code organization, better scalability, and improved maintainability for larger projects.
For that we depended on TS (TypeScript) which offered us faster development experience and saved us more time in coding stage.
Connecting different departments of a football club
One of the main challenges faced by football clubs is the lack of seamless communication and collaboration between departments. The coaching staff, scouting team, medical team, and management.
Everybody plays a crucial role in the success of a football club. However, without proper coordination and information sharing, valuable insights and strategies can get lost in translation.
We had to make communication between ALL app users fast and easy. Keeping in mind the permission levels and who gets to communicate with who made quite the challenge in the planning phase
Creating multiple reporting systems
Having efficient and accurate reporting systems is crucial for football clubs to make informed decisions. This is where TacTec comes into play.
We created multiple reporting systems that cater to the unique needs of a football club across various industries. Whether it’s a training report, a medical report or a tactical report, everything is accounted for when using TacTec.
Both medical and tactical departments have their own unique reporting systems, Medical can report the health issues of players, upload diet and gym routines and handle medical complaints from players, which tactical department can upload daily trainings, make matches, training schedules and upload detailed reports about performance of players and entire teams.
This sophisticated reporting systems not only allows management to stay up to date by the second on daily activities giving them more time to concentrate on strategic choices and planning but also keeps the entire club aligned together with no need for manual work or communication.
Using TacTec prevents waste of time and unwanted effort on repetitive daily tasks and automates communication between departments smoothly.
Fully customizable Medical checks
Individuals in a football club had to have the power to design their medical checks according to their specific needs and concerns. not all clubs do the same medical checks and we had to keep in mind to keep it fully customizable for our users.
With TacTec, medical professionals can now personalize every aspect of a patient’s examination, ensuring a comprehensive and targeted approach to their healthcare.
All a player has to do is go on the app and type their medical complaint to the doctors stating exactly what’s the complaint a player is facing. then a doctor can go in and study the medical complaint of a player then post a reply to that exact complaint whether it’s asking for a check-up or writing down instructions for the player to do. A player is then allowed to see exactly what’s needed to be done in order for him to get better soon.
Detailed Calendar
Keeping track of players’ schedules can be a daunting task, especially when you’re dealing with multiple teams and events. However, with TacTec, staying organized and up-to-date has never been easier.
We made it possible to make a personalized schedule for every single player, you can also check every player’s schedule on it’s own with the ability to edit or delete events that you won’t be needing anymore, Whether it’s a match, task or training you can easily check player’s schedules with a simple click.
Whether it’s a player, medical user, tactical user or management the schedule of players is clearly visible to all users, not only keeping everyone on track of what a player is currently doing but also telling everyone what a player needs to do every respective day.
TacTec’s calendar makes it easy for everyone to set schedules, assign tasks and communicate between different departments on what needs to be done every respective day.
Formation Maker
Formation maker is a feature in TacTec that can be used to do tactical analysis, draw and animate exercises, drills, teams.
Plan training sessions, and analyse both your own performance and that of your opponents. It also lets you draw formations, watch them in 2D, and save all the material you make as images. All of these features can be accessed through a visual user interface that is easy to learn, useful, and effective.
Formation Maker is the core feature in the tactical journey, making data entry accounts the ones responsible for any schedule including matches, trainings or camps and communicating them to different departments like medical, management and players themselves. Keeping everyone aligned with each other and well prepared for next strategic steps.
How TacTec reduced management costs by 30%
Effective management is crucial for success. However, it often comes with high costs and time-consuming processes. That’s where TacTec steps in, revolutionizing the way companies manage their operations and significantly reducing management costs by an impressive 30%.
The standout features of TacTec is its ability to automate repetitive tasks that would otherwise require significant manpower and resources. From data entry and report generation to scheduling and task allocation, TacTec takes care of these mundane activities with precision and accuracy.
By automating these processes, football clubs can free up valuable time for their management teams to focus on more strategic initiatives. This not only enhances productivity but also allows managers to make better-informed decisions based on real-time data insights provided by TacTec.
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