What to use to make GUI based program to track and display a listed history?

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As a disclaimer, I don't know if I could even be called a dabbler in code but I do have a tiny amount of experience, that said let's assume I'm completely ignorant.

I am looking for advice on the best method, for my level (let's call it 0), of creating the following program.

I want to make a program that will be a database of maintenance history for apartments. The Apartment history screen would be something like an excel sheet listing user entries and column names. Upon opening, it would have a GUI directory of options to select from. Of those options, one will send you to a form to create a new building, another for creating a new apartment, another would take you to a new maintenance entry form and another would take you to a search form to look up specific apartments.

I could, with not inconsiderable research and forum advise, create one through excel using VBA but I am assuming the size would be a bane to function.

What I have tried:

I have tried to google but the results seem conflicting and or I do not understand.

Posted 16-Apr-20 11:19am

RedBeardTheVast

Updated 16-Apr-20 17:08pm

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Garth J Lancaster · Answer 1 · 2020-04-16T17:08:00

You don't say much about your (programming) language skills

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I could, with not inconsiderable research and forum advise, create one through excel using VBA but I am assuming the size would be a bane to function.

sure, but would it be maintainable ? if you were doing this in a commercial sense, would you give yourself an honest reply to the question 'does doing so represent good business value' ?

Given you dont seem to have a hugely complex data domain - Building, Apartments, and not many 'forms', have you looked at C# & Winforms ?

Depending on the quantity of data, you could use MySQL, or even a NO-SQL/Flat-file, there are plenty of examples

Assumption : You're going to deploy to Windows, and don't want to do a Web Type interface