[R-SIG-Finance] Building a GUI with R

[Karim Chine]

Hi Alex and Eli,

The following project is probably what you need : www.biocep.net 
(www.biocep.net/doc.html if you don't have the Java plugin)
Your GUI can be  created as a standalone Java or .NET desktop
application or as a plugin (Swing) within a provided universal workbench
that can create and control R engines anywhere (locally, on grids,
clusters, cloud servers,..)
Here are links to the workbench if you would like to try it :
via Java Web Start :
http://biocep-distrib.r-forge.r-project.org/workbench.jnlp
as an applet :
http://biocep-distrib.r-forge.r-project.org/rworkbench_applet.html
as a java application : download
http://biocep-distrib.r-forge.r-project.org/appletlibs/biocep.jar and
type : java -jar biocep.jar
and here's an example of a plugin created via a drag&drop GUI editor
(Netbeans):
http://biocep-distrib.r-forge.r-project.org/examples/SimplePlugin.jar
The project has been presented at several conferences
(http://www.biocep.net//doc.html#Talks). It is not released yet but what
is available on the Website is already fully usable.

Best wishes,

Karim

el_eli at gmx.de wrote:
> Hi,
> my first choice would be Java using the JRI package to call R from a
> Java GUI.
> http://www.rforge.net/JRI/
> If someone has any experience with this it would be great to get some
> comments.
> Best,
> Eli
>
> Alex Park wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>> I am a private investor and have been wondering about the feasibility of
>> building my own personal piece of software to help with my investing. In
>> particular, I am thinking of a desktop application that has the
>> following
>> features:
>>
>> - Ability to open up a number of charts and be able to select markets /
>> stocks from a pre-populated list
>> - Ability to have a trading log so I can book my own trades and see my
>> annualised returns and how this compares to various benchmarks
>>
>> - Ability to link to a variety of data sources (e.g. FRED) and financial
>> news sources etc.
>>
>> - Statistical framework so I can easily compare correlations within
>> markets,
>> perform regressions etc.
>>
>> As a bit of background, I used to do some of this in Excel in a crude
>> way
>> using VBA. Then I discovered R and started investigating .NET (VB,
>> C#, C++).
>> I think R is terrific for analysis and the functions it offers are great
>> e.g. getting Yahoo quotes, accessing FRED database etc.
>>
>> What I'd like to do is build my own software in .NET (e.g. build
>> trading log
>> GUI, place my daily market data within database etc.) but also have
>> access
>> to R from within the software so that I can use it to build
>> sophisticated
>> charts, do stats analysis, connect to different data sources e.g.
>> Yahoo etc.
>>
>> My question is: does this seem like a step to far for an amateur
>> programmer
>> like me and / or does anybody have an experience in doing similar and
>> could
>> advise on (a) whether .NET is best way to go, and (b) potential
>> pitfalls.
>>
>> Any comments gladly received.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Alex
>>
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