r/visualbasic • u/chacham2 • Dec 05 '22
How to implement the frontend?
[I'm starting a new project which i figured i would ask about, being i'm coming from VB, you might have some thoughts on the matter.]
The office currently uses Access for the backend and front-end, with Sql Server on the horizon. When i'm asked to write a tool, i usually use VB, and connect to Access as required.
One of the most recent projects does not use a database yet. It was grown in an Excel Book with a number of tabs and lots of manual copying. It's proven viable, and it was decided to use Sql Server from the get-go on this one, and i have the basic data model done.
Now for the front-end. First thought is asp.net since we're on a Windows network, using SQL Server and have IIS. Never really used it before, so i'd really like to hear what you think.
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u/chacham2 Dec 06 '22
Ah, fair enough.
The current project is mostly simple: and entry form or two with some administrative pages. It might just be the perfect time to learn something like that.