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  • Drunk answer:

    My normal job has never been programming

    Keep telling yourself that, you’re a coder now.

    Ive always wanted to be able to do coding.

    That’s the spirit!

    take excel macro calcul

    Excel macros are pretty much universal because they are also available on LibreOffice and other tools. IMHO the whole point of programming is to get knowledge that is not too specific to one operating system or tool. Get all the macros, and document them in a simple text (Markdown) file that you can use in the near future.

    As for Mendix, I have never heard about it, but if that’s your new life, read everything about https://docs.mendix.com/ and try to control all the steps in the process: Excel macros => textual representation => Mendix API.

    I don’t know if I am making myself clear, but the whole point of programming is to control every step from the beginning to the end. Like:

    1. I understand the Excel macros and I can describe them in plain English
    2. I can translate this English representation to another language (Mendix API in your case)

    how can I help out on this project

    Most people keep the information to themselves and never share it. You can help by writing some kind of documentation/wiki/API that is available to everyone else, and by being a reference on how to switch from point A (Excel macro) to point B (Mendix API) while keeping a trace of how everything works from A to B.

    If you need more information, keep asking, that’s how you learn.