So, what color is your mansion? Great project by the way!
Saving up for a turquoise one:) Thanks!
I wandered off and built an IDE
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Re: I wandered off and built an IDE
#32If I wanted to combine Excel and SQL, I would look at MS Access first. How does this compare? Also with the latest powerquery add ons Excel you can actually do joins in Excel itself
It is possible to connect an Excel spreadsheet directly as an ODBC data source to Access. Then you can run SQL queries, views, reports on the data, without having to export or modify it in any way.
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#33I really like this guy's tenacity and clever use of excel.
But from my experience you can use excel files as an ODBC database source (Windows).
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15844633/using-excel-as-...
Once you create your ODBC source from the excel files, you can run queries and use the language of your choice (Python,C# ....). I am pretty sure you can also insert/update rows and columns too.
Wondering how this differs from the approach I describe (which has existed for many years).
Good work!
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#34Fortunately, I don't use Excel at work, but this was a very entertaining read. Thanks @anakic!
Thanks! I touch on the project a little, but the point was to stick to the story and make it enjoyable to read. I'm glad it worked:)
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#35This looks awesome! Have you thought about joining https://wip.chat Lots of fellow makers in there :)
Never heard of them. I'll check 'em out, thanks!:)
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#36@anakic That was an enjoyable read! I have also tried qutting my job as a developer, tried making money by working for myself (and focusing on developing features instead of actually making money, same as you), then returning to a "proper job" as an engineer. There were many recognizable moments in the blog post. I once took a course in entrepreneurship, as a distraction from computer science, and the bottom line is…
I think that there's a rising "Maker" culture that focuses on building first and launching fast.
For example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6reLWfFNer0
Re: I wandered off and built an IDE
#37This looks awesome! Have you thought about joining https://wip.chat Lots of fellow makers in there :)
Not the OP but... What's the upside of using wip.chat? It just seems to be a public to-do list system?
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#38lmao, I really appreciate the story telling here. Nearly started laughing at my desk when you switched to "ex-girlfriend" after the ultimatum.
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#39That was a fantastic read. In a world of products and apps that seem to be a solution looking for a problem, it's nice to see a full story illustrating a common problem, and how a technical person came to provide a featured solution to that problem.
I think I already know the answer to this, but I assume that this IDE is Windows only? I couldn't see any information about platforms on the main product page, which might throw someone off if they use Excel on a Mac.
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#40Congratulations on the project. It actually seems like something quite fun to build! I'd probably have kept it open source and just do it for fun, but good luck with the company nontheless! Personally I did not immediatly think about Jetbrains when reading this name, probably because I mostly use IntelliJ IDEA rather than PHPStorm.
Yeah, it was really fun to built! The parser, editor features and C# support were amazing to work on. Some times I felt like I was wasting time, but when I compare what I was working on most days in a corp to what I get to work on with QueryStorm, I'm pretty happy I did what I did. As for open source, that might be a better way to go. The project needs a community and open sourcing would help a lot. It's something for me to consider.