Easier to Write Course Calendars

[cycomachead]

All the tools have course calendars which are a PAIN to write.

One file per week as an authoring tool seems hard.

• the programming is easiest if every date is defined explicitly, but in classes with consistent schedules, that is hard.
• I, personally, prefer 1 file with all assignment dates
• each assignment needs:
  • release date
  • due date
  • content / spec link
  • submission link
  • probably number of points
  • This info is ideally not duplicated manually.
• How can we support the table-style calendar (CS10, 161, 188, others)?

Long Shot: Google Sheets / CSV sync?

Does it make sense to have the tool build a calendar file from a Google sheet?
If a sheet URL is shared via link, it's trivial to get/import a CSV. This means at build time (if desired) or locally (if the output is committed to the repo) we can generate a calendar from a format easier to write/update.