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New Pet Project

Okay, I've got my next great idea for my pet project. It's a little more complicated, but not terribly.

My biggest complaint I had when I transferred from the Detailing Department to the Customer Service department was the loss of my trusty HP48G calculator.


This thing was awesome! You calculated feet and inch calculations with formulas. The format was feet.inches and sixteenths. For instance, 14.0608 = 14'-6 1/2". The formulas removed parts of the inputted number and converted them from a foot to a number to add and subtract, and then reconverted the number to a foot answer to display.

I and a colleague created several excel sheets that essentially did the same thing, but it just wasn't convenient and didn't flow very well. So, I'm going to create a program that looks close to this calculator.

In addition to the addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of feet-inch numbers, there were formulas that calculated roof slopes, weights, and all manners of things.

So, this is my new project. I'll start the GUI soon and get it to some basic functionality, and then I'll begin writing the code with tons of help from my friend Google. When I get time this evening, I'll begin laying everything out and write an update about what's going on so far.

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