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Hello folks,
for a work thing, we have some code that runs in R (freeware stats program). Essentially it runs a series of calculations on sets of data it is given. It doesn't need to maintain a log, allow other people to access each others' data, keep running totals or anything, each calculation event is a single stand-alone thing.
We need to make a way for large-ish numbers (~2-300) of users to enter their data into it and save/recall the results to local files without making each of them learn how to program in R. Basically, we need a handy front-end so we can make a fill-in-the-boxes form.
What's the best way to approach this?
Use [x program/language/software] that you recommend to make a standalone front-end (web-based if possible)?
Convert to another language entirely? (I can probably make the forms in excel, if I learn how to do the programming in VBA - but then I'd need to learn VBA and I don't know if it might be a lot less efficient than the R code. Additionally, the R code is itself public domain, and I'd therefore have to re-make the application for every change, whereas with a separate front end I'd just update the R 'backend.'
Give up and hire and actual programmer?
for a work thing, we have some code that runs in R (freeware stats program). Essentially it runs a series of calculations on sets of data it is given. It doesn't need to maintain a log, allow other people to access each others' data, keep running totals or anything, each calculation event is a single stand-alone thing.
We need to make a way for large-ish numbers (~2-300) of users to enter their data into it and save/recall the results to local files without making each of them learn how to program in R. Basically, we need a handy front-end so we can make a fill-in-the-boxes form.
What's the best way to approach this?
Use [x program/language/software] that you recommend to make a standalone front-end (web-based if possible)?
Convert to another language entirely? (I can probably make the forms in excel, if I learn how to do the programming in VBA - but then I'd need to learn VBA and I don't know if it might be a lot less efficient than the R code. Additionally, the R code is itself public domain, and I'd therefore have to re-make the application for every change, whereas with a separate front end I'd just update the R 'backend.'
Give up and hire and actual programmer?