On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 8:54 AM ac via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
On Fri, 12 Oct 2018 07:38:00 -0500 o1bigtenor via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 6:32 AM Stewart C. Russell via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
If you're storing a large amount of information and doing statistical work on it, you should at least consider learning R. It's very strong for Monte Carlo simulation. Thanks - - - already on the order paper. Also, if the web app you're using is public, please share the URL. We don't know your business data, and I don't think¹ we're psychic enough to work out what you're doing. The web application I'm presently using is a subscription service. They do have a demo that would provide most ideas for my quest - - - sheepbytes.ca . Thanks for the ideas!
sheepbytes.ca is cool, the local code looks neat and tidy. I am not sure about the security thereof. And just imho S/R would not be optimal to remake this specific java app.. just from playing with the demo and reading the tech doc, if you do decide to remake this in java/whatever - it will be a lot of work, even with a fw and/or base. just saying :)
If I was going to add the monte carlo portion, I'm not at this time, there would be a lot more complexity under the hood. At present I'm thinking something like maybe LibreOffice's dbase for a front end and a postgresql back end. I feel no need to totally re-invent the wheel. If there is another 'kind' of 'frontend' where with some python (also to be learned) needed for glue and calculations well I'm looking.
a lot of what sheepmates is and does is also data related... If I were making this, for myself and for local use, I would probably enter the formulas into a spreadsheet and calculate my feed requirements, etc from that...(yes, I am quite lazy - plus this way I can give my spreadsheet out to my sheep mates and get free beer)
I will look into if there is a way to use spreadsheet stuff but part of the issue is that there is a lot of behind the scenes stuff that brings up notices/warning and gets connected. What you see is over a bunch of other logic and some of that is where more flexibility is needed than in the present iteration. I was going to offer the modified back to the previous as I don't really want to 'own' it merely to extend the present offerings. Dee