I tried writing one of these about 10 years ago and failed miserably.
It was a generalized banquet hall/dinner/wedding seating chart.
The one that I was looking to write involved the following specs:
- friends and +1s sit together
- guests could sign up as a "group" (Tom's group) and sit together
- cluster people from the same area, or not even close to the same area
- some guests need to be prioritized as close to the front of the room/stage/guest(s)-of-honor
These were very difficult specs to satisfy and not getting it right was not an option since folks were paying $50 a plate with ~600 guests. The solution has always been to do it by hand.
It was a generalized banquet hall/dinner/wedding seating chart.
The one that I was looking to write involved the following specs:
- friends and +1s sit together
- guests could sign up as a "group" (Tom's group) and sit together
- cluster people from the same area, or not even close to the same area
- some guests need to be prioritized as close to the front of the room/stage/guest(s)-of-honor
These were very difficult specs to satisfy and not getting it right was not an option since folks were paying $50 a plate with ~600 guests. The solution has always been to do it by hand.