Picking up coding again

[meanttobeworking]

Hi all,

I have a history of coding HTML/CSS/JS/SQL/ASP/C# but stopped round about .net 2.0, so quite some time ago.

I’ve got an idea for a Plan B project, and I’d like to knock up something of a proof of concept, ideally running on OSX. It’s not a tremendously complex concept but will require detecting when various devices are connected / disconnected via USB.

Does anyone have any pointers for how to start? I’m not looking to produce any code that goes into production.

Thanks!

[Lance]

If it’s not for production use WTF is it for?
Or do you have a different definition of production?

[BR14]

you may need to look at languages which have interfaces to the base OS

[woohoo]

You can run .net core on OS X and use Visual studio. So you could at least leverage your c#.

I’ve never tried it though so take it for what’s its worth.

[meanttobeworking]

If it’s not for production use WTF is it for?
Or do you have a different definition of production?

My definition of production is release to the App Store. I want to build a proof of concept cheaply, so I can get a feel for what’s possible without having to code for too many edge cases etc, and then if that goes well, get the app properly developed by someone that actually knows what they are doing.

I know there are other ways of prototyping, but I’m seeing it as a bit of a learning exercise for me too.

[meanttobeworking]

You can run .net core on OS X and use Visual studio. So you could at least leverage your c#.

I’ve never tried it though so take it for what’s its worth.

Yeah I saw that was an option, thanks. I wonder how much of it I’d remember

[woohoo]

Out of interest why is this plan only for the Mac?

[meanttobeworking]

Out of interest why is this plan only for the Mac?

If it takes off it’ll be cross-platform, I wanted to write the proof of concept app on a Mac because I have a Mac

[woohoo]

If it takes off it’ll be cross-platform, I wanted to write the proof of concept app on a Mac because I have a Mac

Hah I asked a stupid question sorry, makes sense now.
Good luck with the prototype!

[uncle pear]

Visual studio community edition is free, so I'd start by downloading that. That should be plenty for you to get your PoC off the ground.