Hello. With 2014 approaching, I have been thinking about developing a database application to assist me in tracking my tournament results online. I play exclusively on Bovada and there is no way to export tournament HH's and results. I would like my app to give me a nice interface where I can submit an "entry" for every tournament which would include buy in amount, tournament type, start and end time, place finished, prize won, etc etc. the application will also be able to generate reports to display results to the user using filters such as buy in range and type of tournament.

I'm not sure what type of database I should use, but I'm leaning towards using SQL. Anyone have thoughts on this?

I'm also not sure what would be a good language and IDE to use for developing on Mac and possibly porting to PC in the future. Any suggestions?

Also if anyone can suggest features that would be nice to have that would be cool! One I have thought of is having a color or priority tag for entries and also a note field , for specific MTT notes such as "Last MTT of the night, played too late, punted my stack at level 22."

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

Use MySql or PostgreSQL if you want an opensource DB. Use java and netbeans. It will work on mac and on the pc for the most part. But, it sounds like an Excel spreadsheet can do the job.

Thanks for the suggestions. I'm on the fence about making the app and I know a spreadsheet would do. I think there is some value in making a good app since it would allow me to filter results on the fly a little more efficiently and could also make entering results a bit easier.

For this kind of data I'd look at SQLite. Easier for a standalone app to use, and this data ain't exactly complicated.

I'd just use excel, it works really well. I used to use it all the time -- it's nicer to have the graphing and calculation ability of a spreadsheet than it is to have the query capabilities of a database.