Hi, Like Tiffany, I like forms because you can build data validation into them.
But I also agree with Bennet that there is an irreducible human factor; so culture and processes have to come into play. <anecdote scope="not reproducible research"> I once used online form builder Wufoo and was disappointed they didn't have a type for IP addresses; so I started building an app in Django, even though it was totally overkill. Then I lost that job so it wasn't an issue any more. </anecdote> Cheers, Marianne On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 4:18 AM, Raniere Silva <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > >> Emily Jane asked a good question about what are the other options, aside from >> Excel, Libre Office, or text editors as a means for data entry. >> >> Forms, whose output can later be accessed as tabular data (e.g., CSV), are a >> solution I have used and liked. Proprietary database software, such as >> Filemaker Pro exists, and from my experience, is fairly user friendly. For >> open >> source options, I would use Google forms, or if you want an option that >> doesn’t >> have to be hosted on the web, you could try out Dean Attali’s shinyforms R >> package (works, but is still under development) [1]. >> >> I especially like forms for data entry, as you can more easily constrain how >> the data gets entered (predefined columns, drop-down menus with limited >> options, etc), compared to the free-for-all that exists with a spreadsheet. >> >> I’d love to hear other’s favourite tools and opinions on this topic. > > I also like to use forms. Something that I'm using now is validity of > cell contents on LibreOffice, > https://help.libreoffice.org/Calc/Validity_of_Cell_Contents, > but I need to keep my data on LibreOffice format rather than CSV. > > Raniere > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.software-carpentry.org/listinfo/discuss
