New_Coding-Tracker

Takeaways

• Plan before you code
• Always test build or run the code after finishing a feature/implementation
• Simple is best
• Knowing the logic flow of the app will help you know what to do next
• Create a working solution first (IMPORTANT!), then refactor after
• Write concise comments more or better, make your code readable as plain English
• Object-oriented programming is confusing (yet) but more understandable now, I need more exposure and experience for pattern recognition

Learned

• How to be disciplined, doing what I'm supposed to do even when I don't feel like doing it
• How to DEBUG a lot (but not yet utilizing the debugger, need to work on this)
• How to use Sqlite
• How to add NuGet and reference a library (ConsoleTableExt)
• '<' is "x is before(<) y" and '>' is "x is after(>) y"
• How git branches work and its importance
• How reference a table containing the Database info, so every changes is made on one source
• Why we need a seperate class for the properties containing the Database parameters
• The importance of app.config XML file for connectionString
• C# .NET is truly, absolutely, and utterly the best programming rich ecosystem.