Learning C#

So I decided to finally take the plunge.  Despite getting a sneak preview of C# way back in 2000-2001 I never really learned it.  I delved into .NET programming a bit but only from an ASP and C++ perspective.  We have need of a utility at work, and I have already built one in VBA on top of Excel 2007.  To say it's quirky is a bit of understatement.  I've decided to build it again as a stand alone app and learn C# while I'm at it.

After all the issues I had with VBA and different forms I'm going to use a MVP framework called MVC#.  This should make keeping track of authentication and any persistent data fairly easy.

The program is to manage medication administration records at work.  This way we can generate them rather than typing them up every time, and gives us a record of what a particular client had received in the past.  Since we will be dealing with sensitive client information that must remain confidential I will have to add encryption to the data.  Rather than use SQL I want this to be easy to deploy since we don't usually have administrator access at work.  I will use flat files to save all the information, and the "database" will be just the model component of the Model View Presentation framework.

So I will post more details in my next post.  Until next time.

Nerdtek out!