RE: [Newbies] conceptual design help

Hi Joe, Depending on how many different structures you have you may want to consider having some external configuration object. My first thought when reading your description was that there are only so many ways to parse, and so many different types of data. Having a collection of parser

[Newbies] conceptual design help

Hi Joe, I agree with Kirt's suggestions in general. See more below. On Thu, 28 Apr 2016 17:15:05 -0500, Joseph Alotta wrote: >Greetings, >I am writing a program to consolidate all my personal finances for tax time >next year. (This is not a school project.) >There

Re: [Newbies] conceptual design help

Joe, My suggestion is to use fewer object classes and more methods. Play with it until you know what you are doing, then objects, instance variables, and methods come more naturally without as much need for prior design. You can refactor or reorganize fairly quickly once you master the

[Newbies] conceptual design help

Greetings, I am writing a program to consolidate all my personal finances for tax time next year. (This is not a school project.) There are transaction files from several banks and credit card companies. Each has a similar format, CSV, but they vary in many ways, order of items, extra