I’m building my first windows app (or any app for that matter, really) in ages. Probably over a year. Well, I’ve written loads of console stuff and KiXtart apps at work, but that’s not really the same.

I’m doing an silly, stupid, fun application for the Summer of Express Contest over at C9. Should be fun.

I’m planning on making a “Distributed Calculator”. Yeah, don’t ask ;-)

Anyways, here’s my plan:

1. Make a basic output = text [operator] text2 application – Done!
2. Make a slightly more advanced type in numbers, type operator, press equals application – Done!
3. Make a copy of the Windows Calculator – In Progress…
4. Copy of #3, but saving answers to a database
5. Copy of #4, but everything database driven

So, yeah, so far I’m about 25% of the way there. I’ve managed to get over all my issues in a matter of minutes, and have only had to do one complete rewrite. But, now, I’ve got the feeling another is around the corner.

I probably should have saved the code from the first two versions and pasted it here just to show how pathetic I’m being, but I am trying to reserve a shred of decency.

I’m also programming this in VB.NET, just to stretch my muscles a bit. I guess C# might have been a bigger stretch, but I’ve never actually programmed in VB.NET so I figured it’d be fun. Maybe I’ll make a C# version as well, just to be a kook ;-)