Best way to develop a Financial Analysis program

Collapse
X
 
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
  • retupmoc258
    New Member
    • Aug 2013
    • 3

    #1

    Best way to develop a Financial Analysis program

    I want to create a Financial Analysis program for personal use. I don't care about selling/distributing it (though I'd hope if I ever did share it, I wouldn't have any licensing troubles).

    Features of this program:

    I want it to be GUI--windows, boxes for input, etc.
    Self-executable (if at all possible)
    Capable of running analysis based on custom functions that I give to (probably the least of my troubles)
    The easier to make/test the better. I don't need high quality.

    What I primarily want to know is if there are any good programs anyone knows of that would allow me/help me to make this.

    In a similar vein of knowledge, I am wondering what kind of programming syntax I should/could use. My experience with any programming languages so far has been very focused on the input/output that is typical of the terminal (or done internally, not displayed). I want to get my output/input into a GUI of some kind. I am willing to learn.

    I know a lot of Lua, but I know a tiny bit of most languages, and I'm so familiar with programming languages in general that I could pick up another language if I had to, with enough time, no problem.

    Right now, a spreadsheet isn't versatile enough to do the job well, and the only graphical output program I have is CPU-intensive (it is designed for game-creation), and the tools/libraries I have found to use with it are also not the best.
  • retupmoc258
    New Member
    • Aug 2013
    • 3

    #2
    I found an existing program that fits what I want pretty well. It is called GNUCash. It is free under the GNU license. It fits accounting principles to the T, though is not as flexible as I wish it could be.

    Comment

    • shoppingin
      New Member
      • Aug 2013
      • 10

      #3
      You may try fastf from sourceforge.

      Comment

      • retupmoc258
        New Member
        • Aug 2013
        • 3

        #4
        I just looked up fastf.sourcefor ge.net, and they have no files there for download. It doesn't look like they've had downloads for a while, either . . .

        Comment

        Working...