Cerroz

People keep mentioning how I can print damage done to something. How do I do that? I could just have a spawned entity damage another entity over and over but how do I see the exact damage?

It seems like damage can be randomized a bit with mobs, so... that would make my program pointless?

Where can I find all of this info? And do I need to pretty much learn how Java and whatnot to fully nail this down?

I'm making a program that calculates damage in almost any possible situation in Minecraft (it's far from finished, even design wise): The problem is this, I can't find a way to get consistent, correct damage values when some mobs hold stuff like wooden axes or gold pickaxes (via commands for adventure maps). I was told forge has that info, but where could can I find it?