It's an app ... for debate. OK, more specifically it is a combination digital flow creator and timer for PF, LD, and policy debate

These requirements only apply if you want to build from source or use the jar file

* JDK 11 (including JavaFX)
* Maven

Sorry about any security prompts, code signing certificates are expensive

MacOS

1. Download the macOS installer
2. Open it
3. Drag DebateApp into your applications folder

If you see any warnings about the app being unverified, see this help page

Windows

1. Download the Windows installer
2. Just run the installer, it will create a Start Menu entry that will run the program

Ubuntu

1. Download the .DEB installer
2. Run or extract it

Other Linux distros

1. Download the .tar.gz archive marked for linux
2. Extract the archive
3. Move the folder to your preferred install location
4. (optional) Create a desktop shortcut

Extractable archives are also provided for each OS for manual installation

• Support for PF, LD, and Policy
• Flow editors for every speech
• Rich text editing
• Customizable timers for every speech and for prep (Defaults to NSDA standards)
• Quick swapping via keybind between "pages"
• Multiple layouts for your flows
• Save your flow as a custom .db8 file so you can come back to it later
• Export your flow to a word document, one large PNG, a PNG for every speech, or a multi-page TIFF
• Set as always on top if you have multiple windows open
• Links to a number of helpful debate-related sites (including r/Debate)
• Automatic update checker
• Easy installer for Windows, macOS, and now for Linux

1. Click "Event" in the menu
2. Click next event until you have reached your preferred event

To always open the app to a certain event, change "Default Event" in settings

1. Either press ctrl/cmd+s or click save in the File menu
2. Select a file to save and click OK

1. Either press ctrl/cmd+o or click open in the File menu
2. Select the file to open

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Open the file by double-clicking, DebateApp should automatically associate .db8 with DebateApp

... but if it doesn't follow the instructions for your OS:

• Windows
• macOS
• Ubuntu

Select your preferred layout under View

If you find the editor toolbars distracting, or unnecessary, they can be disabled in settings

In the view menu, select "always on top"

• If you have multiple monitors with different DPI configurations, menus may open in odd locations. There is nothing I can do about this, it's a bug in JavaFX not DebateApp.
• Aggressive anti-viruses (e.g. Avast, or macOS Gatekeeper) usually throw a warning about unsigned code
  • Solution: after the first scan most AVs will ignore DebateApp, if they don't simply mark the DebateApp exe as excluded

• IntelliJ IDEA - The IDE and build tool used
• Maven - Dependency Management
• JavaPackager - Used to generate native packages

1. Clone the repository
2. Run mvn clean compile
3. Execute main.java.DebateAppMain

I use SemVer for versioning. For the versions available, see the tags for this repository.

• TajeTaje - My Github

See also the list of contributors who participated in this project.

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details

• ControlsFX just has some really useful pre-coded controls that saved a lot of time in this project
• JMetro provides native look and feel to the windows version
• Freepik created some icons that were used in the app
• Anyone whose mac I borrowed to test compatibility