Hey guys,
I'm very new to Processing and Arduino. I do however have some general programming experience, quickbasic, visual basic (6) and .NET, filemaker and a bit of html and css. and have written some workable and useful solutions. (that was a while ago )
The main function of this new program will be for data acquisition, ie. data logger.
What I would like to do is record and save the data to computer disk (which I have been able to do with Processing) but improve on the GUI, ie. basic buttons, drop down menus, check boxes, open/save dialog box, basic 2d graph plotting - pretty basic requirements I would think.
One main requirement is being able to create a "stand alone solution". Mainly for pc, but mac os and linux would be handy.
I've done a fair bit of research in the last couple of weeks but still are unable to choose which direction to take. I downloaded the free version of Visual Studio C# 2010 and had a look at a simple serial program that I got off the net - It had to be converted from an older version so I don't know if there was a lot of redundant code, but there was so much code for such a simple task that it confused the hell out me.
I had a look at some Python examples and I quite liked the look of it. I have always wanted to learn C but in some ways I would rather work on the usability and functionality (from the end user point of view).
Your experiences and suggestions much appreciated.
Cheers.