Roadblocks of the Non-coders

Reply #11

GASMETERGUY — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 17:18:31 GMT

I feel you had better settle for the descriptive blogging and you can start anytime you are ready. As for writing programs for lotto players, you will be opening up a can of worms. There are a few people out there (mostly at Waffle House ) that want you to write a program in which all they do is click on a button and the next winning number appears. If you can't do that, then you are cheating them. (OK, so I'm over-simplying. Sue me

Reply #10

time*treat — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 14:31:00 GMT

If you post that offer in the pick 3 forum, you'll get more requests than you know what to do with.

Reply #9

LottoMining — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 14:00:12 GMT

Greetings,

Although I am a new member here, I have been programming in Excel and Access (DAO /ADO) as a part time excuse to be a better professional for years. I have built a number of spreadsheets, database tables, and functions for 5 draw lotto games (California s Fantasy 5) and it is safe to say I have a lot of code written in both apps. I d be willing to give out those building blocks, and do a bit of descriptive writing (blogging) for it since I wrote it over 7 years, off and on, but n... [ More ]

Reply #8

GASMETERGUY — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 17:22:31 GMT

I am like RJOH in that I do my own programming for my own needs. I am not a professional.

Someone needs to come out with a book called VBA for Lotto Players . He/she could just give the building blocks for creating a simple program. They could even use their blog page for this. Or, if they want to make money, sell the book to those of us who wish to do our own programming.

Heck, if no one else steps forward, I just might do this myself even tho I am the very last person who should b... [ More ]

Reply #7

Maggie-Nolia — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:13:32 GMT

Hey time*treat,

Thanks for the laugh! I needed that.

maggie

P.S. This is my second try.......hope it works.

Reply #6

time*treat — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 14:36:11 GMT

RJOh makes a great point about time skill.

Back when I joined here, I had been kicking around the idea of a general purpose lotto program. I learned 2 things after reading some of the active threads of that time.

First, there were many previously written systems and their creators seemed to be pulled between one group who needed support for the current version, and another group clamoring for the next upgrade. That was not a pleasant prospect.

Second, looking at some of thei... [ More ]

Reply #5

RJOh — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:54:49 GMT

When you contract with a anyone to code a program, you should check to make sure they have the skills and knowledge to do what you want. There are lots of people who program as a hobby like myself and while their skills may be good enough for their personal need, they are not professional programmers and they may not have the skills or the time to give your project the attention you think it deserves.

Reply #4

LANTERN — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:01:38 GMT

I have helped do some software, but any problems were not on my side, the programmers had trouble doing some of the coding, most of the trouble with such programs was with the programmers wanted to do their own things, instead of what there were asked to do, so the programs ended up being only so so or half good and very unfinished, but finished enough for the programmers, then they complain that they can't win with them, if they would follow thru and complete the work as needed and as asked may... [ More ]

Reply #3

time*treat — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:16:48 GMT

Heh, the ones that can explain it don't have the trouble. Sometimes you can even learn a new trick when you do a little work with them. No complaints, there. I take issue with the ones who think you're supposed to be Ms. Cleo.

Heck, even Ms. Cleo ain't Ms. Cleo.

Reply #2

RJOh — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:29:11 GMT

Some people have been expressing frustration that they can t find someone to code their systems for them. As someone who writes my own, as well as creating the occasional macro for others, I figured I d point out some things that may be holding you back. Mostly, it's you.

If a person has a working system that produces results even if it's only with paper and pencil then he has something he can explain to others, otherwise he only has a thought, an idea or a dream.

No one is intere... [ More ]

Reply #1

Todd — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 04:11:59 GMT

I feel your pain. As a consultant by trade, I have lived through these scenarios countless times.

One thing you can do (as the programmer) to reduce the number of problems later is to deliver a restatement of the requirements back to the player before any coding occurs. It would include each of the items you mentioned: input/output, processes (and sequence), layout/design, etc.

Basically you're building consensus with the player on what it will be like when it's finished. If the playe... [ More ]

Roadblocks of the Non-coders

time*treat — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 03:58:06 GMT

Some people have been expressing frustration that they can t find someone to code their systems for them. As someone who writes my own, as well as creating the occasional macro for others, I figured I d point out some things that may be holding you back. Mostly, it's you. I will ignore that most people want this done for free. Instead, I ll just focus on the work itself. What I m about to lay out is more critical in lotto games, because you re trying to narrow hundreds of thousands (or millions... [ More ]