WebScout: Development of a graphical interface for a new scouting software

This paper describes the development of a graphical interface for a new soccer scouting software that enables to integrate data and information from distinct sources, including other software and analog data. The advantages of a web platform and of the aggregation system implemented when compared with the traditional approach are also presented. The solution proposed is based on web programming languages such as HTML5, CSS3, Ruby On Rails, BootStrapp, enabling to achieve the quality patterns expected by the users. The system developed was based on a detailed related work analysis, analysis of commercial and scientific software available and a survey and joint design of the interface together with soccer professionals.