Thanks everyone for your support! It means a lot
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I'm doing okay considering....
I come here with a development/investment question. As many of you have already been able to see by the previous video I posted, that I was able to get FreeMAT (free open source alternative to MATlab) to run under trinux.
Now I just recently learned that MATlab can actually be used to build GUI's (i didn't think think this language was intended for such a use, but apparently it is!). Now the gears in my brain are turning. We could actually utilize this to develop OUR OWN homebrew to run under Trinux (theoretically, it should run on any machine that can run MATlab, but I digress). While this was technically possible before, I didn't realize we could actually make GUIs that the average joe can utilize
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Here's my dilemma, FreeMAT doesn't support GUI development just yet unless you hard code it (which I simply do not know the language well enough yet to attempt such a feat). Now most dev's know that MATlab is super expensive for the full blown commercial version, but as an engineering student, I can get the full student suite for only $99. Sure its very limited compared to what the commercial suite has (obviously, you get what you pay for), but as long as it supports gui development (using GUIDE, which is the user friendly way to build guis for noobs to the language like myself
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My question is, has anyone else had experience with the student suite? Thoughts, comments? Do you think its worth the plunge? My lab partner (in my matlab class) just sprung and bought the student version ($50 version, just matlab alone) and he said its great, but I want to hear from others. IF I decide to get it, I will be getting the $99 version as it comes with the full (student) suite. Otherwise you have to pay for each individual addon which adds up quick.
And before anyone asks, I'm NOT seeking donations for this purchase
EDIT: If I get the student suite, I will be running it on my pc for development purposes NOT my Wii U just for the record XD, but in theory if a GUI is developed on MATlab using GUIDE, it "should" still run okay on FreeMAT as GUIDE just writes the code for you (for the GUI, you need to write everything else of course
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