Yes I agrre with you, but, using COM is like asking
someone to sprint who doesn't even know how to walk. The same reason I do not encourage newbies to write trading systems. Cos mos of them start writing entry or exit signal without even knowing data division, objective functions or even stuff like how to deal with data holes, reset indicators or how much data to take to feed as indicator inputs (and many many more). most just blindly use whatever the software provides them.
It is all about gaining proficiency. If you do reach a higher level, you can use C++ along with Excel to do ALL your trading. You dont even need charts et all to bog down your system. As for C++ or C# VC++ has many libraries like C# that can be used readily, but of course getting a LEGAL, cheap C# compiler is difficult than a C++ one. Java is handy in this aspect. It is not a discussion about C++ vs C# but I must mention that C# will be better than C++ as it is a newer, higher level language but it depends on how you intend to use it. There's no right answer without knowing what you wnat to do with it. IN C# garbage collection/interfacing are simpler, and for using COM interfacing it is much much better, but speedwise C++ is way ahead.
To answer the second part, you can use COM because the author has exposed the objects to be used with the COM interface (I am sure you have checked out AB documentation to see WHICH specific objects are exposed). ALL software are not open like AB, thus I was giving the example of Tradecision.
And finally, you learn a complete programming language to learn programming itself - a few basic stuff like variables, recursions, function calls, interfacing, parameter passing etc. Once you know these, you can master any lang in 3 days.
Finally, I never support wizards, cos they produce a brain dead generation. Ask anyone how a EMA is calculated, see how many can answer. ask them to plot 20, and they will do it. Ask them how no of days affect EMAs, and they'll look at you as if you have come from Mars.
Hope I am clear.
someone to sprint who doesn't even know how to walk. The same reason I do not encourage newbies to write trading systems. Cos mos of them start writing entry or exit signal without even knowing data division, objective functions or even stuff like how to deal with data holes, reset indicators or how much data to take to feed as indicator inputs (and many many more). most just blindly use whatever the software provides them.
It is all about gaining proficiency. If you do reach a higher level, you can use C++ along with Excel to do ALL your trading. You dont even need charts et all to bog down your system. As for C++ or C# VC++ has many libraries like C# that can be used readily, but of course getting a LEGAL, cheap C# compiler is difficult than a C++ one. Java is handy in this aspect. It is not a discussion about C++ vs C# but I must mention that C# will be better than C++ as it is a newer, higher level language but it depends on how you intend to use it. There's no right answer without knowing what you wnat to do with it. IN C# garbage collection/interfacing are simpler, and for using COM interfacing it is much much better, but speedwise C++ is way ahead.
To answer the second part, you can use COM because the author has exposed the objects to be used with the COM interface (I am sure you have checked out AB documentation to see WHICH specific objects are exposed). ALL software are not open like AB, thus I was giving the example of Tradecision.
And finally, you learn a complete programming language to learn programming itself - a few basic stuff like variables, recursions, function calls, interfacing, parameter passing etc. Once you know these, you can master any lang in 3 days.
Finally, I never support wizards, cos they produce a brain dead generation. Ask anyone how a EMA is calculated, see how many can answer. ask them to plot 20, and they will do it. Ask them how no of days affect EMAs, and they'll look at you as if you have come from Mars.
Hope I am clear.
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