Hey ameriblog, I do ratings as well. My current application was written in C about 10 years ago and I've flirted with rewriting it in Python. In fact, I posted a message on comp.lang.python last year about trying to speed up my app: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/1af4a5eb1a7dfe1b/1ce633422a37078f?lnk=gst&q=football#1ce633422a37078f
Do you participate on Kenneth Massey's site? On Mar 29, 2:53 pm, ameriblog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i have my own formula used for sports ratings (like jeff sagarin, the > bcs, etc). right now i have an old Visual Basic code that updates the > ratings and i just save it as a text file and ftp to the web. i'd > really love to make it dynamic, so it presents better ( > likehttp://kenpom.com/rpi.php), but also giving me the option of better > utilizing the data and do some other studies easily. > > i new to django, i'm experienced with php. i could do it in php no > doubt, but am really looking at doing a few projects in django as > learning experiences. > > the formula isn't complex essentially an adjusted winning percentage > (wins / games played). the tricky part is doing iterations until the > ratings stabilize, right now i'm the ratings average out to 0.5 and i > iterate the ratings over and over until none of them change more than > 0.00001. > > my dealings with django have been setting up like a blog, so i'm > comfortable in writing everything to do with outputting the info once > it's computed, but haven't done anything where it's a script/code that > only i run, once a week that computes the ratings. > > any tips/tutorials on doing stuff like this? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
