Need a simple program designed - where to find programmers?

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Maybe something like this already exists, I'm not sure. I need to find or program a basic program that will take an overall dimension, say 20 x 40, and a smaller dimension, say 8 x 10, and arrange the smaller shapes within the bigger shape. After that, I'd love to be able to lay an image over the grid. Sorry for being so vague, hopefully it's understandable.

Otherwise, where would one go to find inexpensive programmers for simple applications? Elance?
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  • By "arrange", do you mean drag & drop a shape from one location to another using a mouse?

    And what platform? (web based, desktop, etc)
  • Doesn't even have to be that fancy.

    It could be something like this:

    Enter Piece Size: Length x Width
    Number of Pieces Horizontally: XX
    Number of Pieces Vertically: XX

    The program would automatically arrange them in a grid. Or, an option TOTAL SIZE can be included to limit the total size instead of "number of pieces" and the program would figure out how many pieces of a given size can fit within the total space available.

    Web-based or desktop, either way. It would need to be proprietary though, so maybe desktop is more secure, or at least some sort of password protected webpage. It would be used internally by our company to figure out layouts for a particular product we sell.
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    • If you wanted a "drag and drop" web-based solution, that could be done fairly easily with jQuery. Take a look at this...

      Draggable | jQuery UI

      ^ You could create as many different shapes / sizes as you want, and have them interact with each other pretty much however you want (and you would use HTML & CSS for the presentation/design part).

      Or if you prefer text input instead of drag and drop (as you suggested), that could certainly be done, but it would take a little more work to figure out all of the math/calculations with regards to what will fit where.

      Of course anything web-based would not be "secure" (ie anyone with access to the page could easily get the source code.

      If you want something more secure, something similar could be done on the desktop without too much difficulty. PM me if you're interested in that... I could knock out something like that for you fairly quickly.
  • Something like GRIDINATOR → All your grid are belong to us. ???
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    • I feel like you can accomplish this with math.....Why not just make an excel spreadsheet?
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    Need a simple program designed - where to find programmers?

    Maybe something like this already exists, I'm not sure. I need to find or program a basic program that will take an overall dimension, say 20 x 40, and a smaller dimension, say 8 x 10, and arrange the smaller shapes within the bigger shape. After that, I'd love to be able to lay an image over the grid. Sorry for being so vague, hopefully it's understandable. Otherwise, where would one go to find inexpensive programmers for simple applications? Elance?