In my new software (The Studio), I have decided to control how things work with an internal scripting language.

How many people out there have an interest in learning how to do this?
If there is sufficient interest, I will teach as I code it on my side.

Note: I will only share pseudo code. IOW, I am teaching the concepts as opposed to giving you the code.

Some Specifics
This all began with a concept that I call BOXES.
That idea came from this graphic from a Facebook ad.





In The Studio, there are boxes which contain... data.
Some Examples:

• Entries for a race
• Consensus from built-in picks
• Jockey Standings
• Track Profile for this race.
• My chosen Contenders
• My Probabilities or Odds line
• Handicapping Object (Example from HSH below)

... Many other possibilities,



HOW DO I POPULATE THOSE BOXES?

• In other words, I have data and I have boxes.
• How do I extract what I want from the data I have and get it in the box?
• I also want to derive columns from the data that is not actually in the data.
• Of course, I can write a custom something for each box, but what about building a set of functions that make it easy to add new boxes?
• More, how do I take the what shows in box #3 and make it a column in box #4?

Look back at the Facebook graphic .
In the above very simple example, see how there are 9 boxes on the page?
Well, some boxes will need to be large - like full-page reports - but others are small, such as a simple list of my contenders.

This means some pages will need a different number of boxes.
I envision pages with:

• 1 box
• 2 boxes
• 3 boxes
• 4 boxes

This means the boxes have to be able to cross multiple pages and the user must easily be able to traverse those pages.

See how there is a flow to the boxes?
That flow needs to be controlled by the developer.
Even better, let the user control it!

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THIS IS NOT DIFFICULT PROGRAMMING!
It is very detail oriented and one must go in with a well-designed plan.

For many of you, it will be a matter of a new POV.
It will likely elevate your level as a coder.

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If you've got an interest in following along, I will take the time to teach.
I welcome comments and questions, both about this thread and, (once we get started) the How-To questions that are why I am doing this to begin with.

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