Making a birth tracking app C#

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What I'm trying to code is an application that works like:

Introduce a goat's age -> 1/1/2017 (then the application registers a tag and date)

Next time I run the application the, the application calculates how old every registered animal is. - How this would be done, my guess is using window's date as a reference to make the age difference and calculate the output.

I assume there's the need for a database. MSDB?

Now, I have no clue how to do this.

Anyone here can lend me a hand?

Update:

It's supposed to be a windows application, not a web site.
I was told that the best way to learn code is to practice.

Can someone explain me how complex this can be on the back-end?

What I have tried:

I'm trying to make an application to track the age of my animals.

I googled code examples and keep finding calculators - This isn't what I'm looking for.
Other examples are too complex as well.

Posted 20-Aug-17 15:28pm

Clark Swanson

Updated 20-Aug-17 16:59pm

v3

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Jim Meadors 20-Aug-17 22:56pm

What you want to do can be done with an Excel spreadsheet.

Clark Swanson 20-Aug-17 23:40pm

You mean google spreadsheets?

Jim Meadors 21-Aug-17 22:34pm

No, I mean Excel. You can create a form that is your main access to an Excel spreadsheet. On the form you can add all the user controls that you want for your data access and input and save it to the spreadsheet. Open the developer tab and press F1 to get help. I would start with designing a form that looks like everything I wanted and then add the code to make it work. Good Luck!

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First of all, I recommend to write down what you want to do in details, it never hurt.
I use this hierarchical ToDoList app to do it,
- first entry is app features and I use subtasks to get into details until there is enough details on what I want.
- second entry is for database data and usage, kind of queries.
- third entry is for database structure with technical details about indexes and links between tables an so on.
ToDoList 7.1.3 - An effective and flexible way to keep on top of your tasks[^]

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Anyone here can lend me a hand?

Since the only real help of doing the app for you is out of topic, you have basically 3 choices:
- find an existing app and customize it to your needs. I use the TDL app to remember birthdates of people around me.
- have someone build it for you. Hire a professional programmer to do the job.
Hire Freelancers & Find Freelance Jobs Online - Freelancer[^]
- do it yourself, but you have a lot of study ahead.

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my goal is to learn.
So for this purpose, I thought of a tracking application since I would be interacting with something I would use as a tool.
Any suggestion, as to what would you program to learn, if you could go back in time and tell yourself such?

Advice: Don't try to learn by doing a personal project.
You have to know that you can do pretty much anything in any language, simply some languages are harder for beginners because there is more pitfalls to handle.
You need to master a set of techniques that are the basis of the job and are not linked to a language.

You have to know that you can do pretty much anything in any language, simply some languages are harder for beginners because there is more pitfalls to handle.
You need to master a set of techniques that are the basis of the job and are not linked to a language.

You have to know that you can do pretty much anything in any language, simply some languages are harder for beginners because there is more pitfalls to handle.
You need to master a set of techniques that are the basis of the job and are not linked to a language.

Advices:
- Start with an easy/safe language: VB, Java, C#, not C or C++
- Read documentation / Follow tutorials (a lot of them)
- Start with tiny/useless projects, the purpose is to learn programming, not doing something useful.
- Start with console mode programs (no fancy graphics, no mouse)
- Learn debugger
Debugger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[^]
Mastering Debugging in Visual Studio 2010 - A Beginner's Guide[^]
- A problem ? Google is your friend.
- Learn Boole algebra
- Learn one or more analyze methods, E.W. Djikstra top-Down method is a good start.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-down_and_bottom-up_design[^]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structured_programming[^]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsger_W._Dijkstra[^]
https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/ewd03xx/EWD316.PDF[^]
- Learn SQL
- Learn Databases design and Administration
Introduction to database design[^]
1NF, 2NF, 3NF and BCNF in Database Normalization | DBMS Tutorial | Studytonight[^]
- Learn Regular Expressions

Interesting link:
Learn to Program[^]

There is no shortcut to knowledge, no one can learn for you, you are the only one that can do it.
Remember the exercises and little projects are not here to make something useful, they are here to teach you programming.

Posted 20-Aug-17 16:30pm

Patrice T

Updated 20-Aug-17 18:36pm

v2

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Clark Swanson 21-Aug-17 0:18am

Now that I can reply...

I used to find existing code with arduino, toy with it to my needs, add, extend with new concepts.

With C# what I see out there made me realize I know nothing. Although I know some people that can't even google their own problems like I do.

The applications I've seen out there with C# are too complex for me to understand and my goal is to learn.

So for this purpose, I thought of a tracking application since I would be interacting with something I would use as a tool.

Any suggestion, as to what would you program to learn, if you could go back in time and tell yourself such?

Clark Swanson 21-Aug-17 0:56am

Damn.

I'll get started.

I actually had this app installed:

https://www.sololearn.com and have been learning C# there, the comment section is very rich and friendly.

I guess so is codeproject.

This all started when I was doing an electronics project with arduino, I succeeded, made a mini-hospital floor work, all automated, sending data logs to a server, via TCP\IP.

A friend of mine advised me to learn C#, since it can cover many areas unlike PHP and arduino c.

I'll give all these replies a good read before I overload for the hour.`

Thank you for your advises! I mean it

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Graeme_Grant · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-20T15:45:00

Answer - Part 1

You don't sound like you have much experience with programming, databases, and/or websites.

Have you considered first where you will be hosting the website? This will have an impact on which database options are available to you.

Have you visited the ASP.NET website? It is a very helpful website with lots of training resources for you: Learn | The ASP.NET Site[^]

Microsoft also has other great resource/learning websites:
* Technical documentation, API, and code examples | Microsoft Docs[^]
* Channel 9: Videos for developers from the people building Microsoft Products & Services[^]
* Microsoft Azure: Cloud Computing Platform & Services[^]

Before you start your main project, do smaller test projects and get familiar with C#, ASP.NET WebForms or MVC, Html, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, SQL, and the database of your choice.

Once you feel confident with these technologies, then you are ready to begin planning, choosing who you will be hosting with, then working & debugging your main project.

Answer - Part 2

Regarding the Date format question, if you are building a website, then it is a global (worldwide) application by default.

You have no control over where your users are in the world. So you have no control over time zones. Therefore you need to work in UTC times and localize to the individual user.

You can read more about how to do that here: Converting times between time zones | Microsoft Docs[^]