Mar 172005
 

My little project to create a program to practice conversions is done. Well, it generates random conversions, does the checking, gives you a new conversion when your answer was correct. What is still left to do:

  • Stop after maximum number of questions (user specifies number)
  • Create a timed mode, where you play against the clock
  • Redo the GUI (too much space now)
  • Maintain some “score”
  • Record the scores, with a username
  • Conversions are “from” -> “to”, but create logic for the other way around (less records in database).

The conversions are stored in a NexusDB V2 database (beta 7) and that works like a charm. I hadn’t worked with NexusDB properly yet, but V2 is clean and straightforward. Definitely worth checking out if you need a small database that can grow to a real C/S solution.

 Posted by at 23:06
Mar 172005
 

Microsoft has released Avalon and Indigo to MSDN subscribers. It’s part of the March 2005 CTP. You can find more details on the Longhorn Developer Center on MSDN. The big news is that both will work on Windows XP/2003, so you don’t have to use Longhorn.

 Posted by at 11:56