I have completed my first bespoke development. A “homework timer”. The spec was very loose, so I decided a XP style would suit this project well. I opened Visual Studio, created a new project, drag on a Timer, Button and NumericalUpDown, did some event wiring, and then added some SystemSounds.Exclamation
This was good, but then the spec was changed as the customer wanted “custom” sounds. So I pulled in my voice artist, fired up Audacity, and laid down a couple of tracks. Inserted a SoundPlayer when “sound.wav” exists, and the project was done. Another round of acceptance testing, and monitored user trails, found the application was a success.
A few minutes and those professional touches like Anchoring the controls and the project was delivered. See attached picture.
I felt the RAD environment provided by Microsoft cut nearly all the time off this project, and I therefore would like to offer this as a success story for Microsoft if they need material in the home dev market space.
