Calendar App. where to start?

mattgaunt

mattgaunt

mattgaunt

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Hey guys

I've only bn programming for about a year and a half at Uni, i basically want a calendar app that is suited for what I want, and i want to stretch myself and program some project like this.

Basically I want some input from others with where to start, whether C, C++, Java would be best choice, and then the next question is, what would you guys reckon is the best way to store the information i.e. dates of events, times and info like that.

Please dont start tell me there are a hundred and one apps that do this already, i jus want to see if i can do something like this myself.

Any help would be great

Gaunt
 
C# (or any .NET language) has a built in calendar control that will help to get you started. Storing the info is a tricky one because it depends on what you want to store... a database is the obvious choice but you might be inclined to create an XML schema for calendar events so that you can share them with the world!!!
 
Hi,

Java has good Date classes as well, allowing dates to be manipulated and formatted for display. If you wanted to go the XML route for storing the calendar then Java has good libraries that will enable you to do that, query the XML (Xpath) and also convert the XML to other things such as HTML (using XSLT) . I'm also pretty sure that C# can do all of that just as well. I'm just more familiar with the Java side.

One thing that will affect what you write your app in is whether the app is a standalone app or part of a client-server app. If it's an app running on a PC then C# would probably be an easier route to success, especially when doing the user-interface (I never found Java's Swing particularly easy). However, if the calendar is to be used as part of the server-side in a web-based application then the Java route would be good.

Hope that helps.

Jim
 
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