[Screenfire-development] ScreenFire .Net project

[chris d. <chr...@ho...>]

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I have created this mailing list to begin to get us all on the same page
with this project. There are 4 of us here currently. Feel free to share =
any
and all info that any of us have exchanged about each other. It is good =
if
we are well acquainted.=20
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The point of this project is to make the 1st .Net (C#) based open source
charting project. There are a few good commercial products - very =
expensive
and not really worth it. There are some successful Java based (sure =
C/C++,
Eiffel and a million more) open source projects that do the same thing =
that
we are trying to do - just in those langiages. I also know that it was =
only
a matter of time before some group of developers decided to do this, I =
am
glad that is us. I KNOW that this will be a successful project if we =
apply
our selves for at least a short time.
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I will be putting up some decompiled interfaces up in CVS this week =
along
with some notes. The intent is to see what others have done and learn =
from
the best approaches in all of them, as far as structure only, not
implementation code.
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I am focusing on the TradeWeapon project in force lately. It is a C# =
.Net
based trading platform -  (see the cvs via the web at sourceforge)
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*	hooks into real time data and direct access brokers
*	scanning
*	historical data storage
*	technical, statistical and quantitative analysis
*	and with ScreenFire - Charting
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ScreenFire will primarily be required to chart
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*	OHLC Bar charts
*	Candlestick charts
*	Simple line charts
*	Scatter diagrams
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I have recommended to most of you guys to get trial versions of Dundas
Chart, Tee Chart, ChartFX etc and see what I am talking about. I have =
also
recommended that you guys get set up with Tortoise CVS so you can use =
your
CVS developer accounts at SourceForge. Do these things and let us know =
where
we all stand.=20
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After we sketch out with notes and emails our basic abstractions (which =
I
have many notes that I will get to posting), we will divide the work and =
get
rolling ASAP. This is very preliminary info and I will be continually
sending more as I can transfer my notes and make them readable, and as
questions begin to exchange. I suggest each of you send a short message =
at
least to the group to give a little hello, some bio and the like.
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Thanks again guys - I look forward to working with you all.
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My Best,
Chris