❔ is it possible to create a small GUI app in C# with visual studio code?cuz all the vids im finding
is it possible to create a small GUI app in C# with visual studio code?
cuz all the vids im finding about this are with visual studio , not visual studio code
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VS code isn't an IDE, you're better off using visual studio/rider/etc if you're doing anything remotely complex
Which one would u reccomend me to use
visual studio is a good starting point, it's free
It's gonna be a small app using an excel file as a database
Ight thanks
Communicating with excel will add a level of complexity that might not be necessary
I’d consider excel to be an output of a process rather than a data store
U reccomend anything else?
It's for a college project, our professor suggested excel
But I'm open to use anything else if there's a better alternative
SQL server using EF Core
Is pretty much the go to for any dotnet developer
There’s also MongoDb for non-relational, but… ehhh, I don’t like it
SQLite
I have used mongodb befote
Before
Might just use it again since ik how it works
What is the goal of the college project?
💀
It's about
Birds
Idk everything about it yet but imma start earlier than we should
i second sqlite, it's the simplest to use
So far I'm tryna work on a register+sign in
Form
Ight might just learn about it then
Nothing but nuget to install as well
(sqlite is a database that exists as a single file and doesn't require running a database server)
Oh that sounds good
No server is really easier
Thanks guys I'll start learning about it
man im glad i found out about this post, this surely will be better then my janky solution for the database issue im having, i will definitely check that out
Local dbs with EF Core are the same thing, and much easier to use and more well documented imo
Sqlite can be used with EF though
what library should i use?
You need some form of engine installed iirc?
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/database-engine/configure-windows/sql-server-express-localdb?view=sql-server-ver16#install-localdb
i don't know about much easier to use, sqlite is literally just putting the file name in the connection string
if you go with EF Core it abstracts a lot of the provider specific details away anyway
Meh the hardest thing about SQLite is connection string
any1 know where i can watch a tutorial or something
youtube is not helping
full of useless random shit 😭
Tutorial about what, exactly?
making a register/login form in C# and sqlite
SQLite is generally ANSI sql; basic crud queries work fine
I’d pick the direction your most comfortable in for now; start at the backend and move outward to the front end or the opposite
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