I’m fairly far into the coding of my thesis project… but today I figured out a much faster/efficient way to import data. Before I had 4 Component databases and 4 Configuration files… and I had a LOT of information passing between functions (that wasn’t necessary, cause the data wasn’t changing from the files). So I decided it’d be better for me to have 1 Component database and 1 Configuration file… with the configuration file being separated into 4 areas.

Now the functions import both, and only pull the information they need out of the component database. DUH. This actually lets me get rid of 2 entire functions (whose sole purpose was to import ALL the data for that configuration type and pass it into other functions). I always thought those two functions were a waste… and they were. I just wasn’t smart enough to go that one extra step.

The timeline I outlined a post or two ago is pretty intimidating to me, because this might happen a couple more times where I have to go back and rewrite entire sections. I feel like I’m not going to have anything good to show Dr. Neu this week. I need to get the resistance code comparison done.

I did populate some of the major parts of the component database today (went into lab and took all the measurements).

Thursday I’ll probably make a vidcast that has a 2 minute overview of what my thesis is about, so look forward to that.

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I should’ve thought of that…