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Ask IH: does anyone know a way (code or no code) to build this!

So I have an idea. I want to build it without code (or pay someone to code it).

The only issue is I don't know where to start.

Does anyone know how I could build a calculator of sorts.

Questions would be like:

  • how many times a week do you have to do X
  • What is your main goal of X
  • How much time a week can you dedicate to X

and then based off their answers to those questions, they'll receive a bespoke end result.

Unsure if that makes any sense at all, but so far all my searches for calculators have been numbered base rather than text-based!

My only idea at the moment would be to use typeform and manually analyze the answers, but ideally i'd like a scalable method! Thanks in advance!

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    Hi Jordie, if you figure this out, please do let me know as well! Thanks!

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    So, your looking of for something that say asks a questions like:

    What are you trying to accomplish? Hit a baseball.

    And it asks:

    How many times a week do you have to hit a baseball?
    What is your main goal of hitting a baseball?
    How much time a week can you dedicate to hitting a baseball?

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      Yes and then depending on their answers it will say "based on your requirements, you should purchase 8 baseballs"

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        You said the calculators you found have been number based, but then your example here you say "you should purchase 8 baseballs", which is number based.

        I think this is gonna be pretty hard to extract meaning from then give a solid answer.

        In my mind, this is basically a three part submission that you'd send to an AI chatbot (so maybe you could use https://dialogflow.com/ or something to build it?)

        Also, I think you need to ask what people's current ability is, because I might only need 4 baseballs as I'm ok at hitting already, just not all the time :D

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    It can easily be made using JavaScript. Drop me a message at connect [at] designthingy.co , maybe I can help you with it!!