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C# Runtime
Posted on 9/26/26 at 10:52 am
Posted on 9/26/26 at 10:52 am
I'm about to purchase a cheapo laptop for my pickleball class to handle attendance.
I am writing a simple winform app to capture attendance.
It will have windows preloaded.
Do i need to be concerned that it won't have c# runtime libraries.
Also, will 4Gb of team be enough?
Again, trying to hold down costs.
TIA
I am writing a simple winform app to capture attendance.
It will have windows preloaded.
Do i need to be concerned that it won't have c# runtime libraries.
Also, will 4Gb of team be enough?
Again, trying to hold down costs.
TIA
Posted on 9/26/26 at 11:21 am to Slingscode
Just go to gemini and have it write something in python. You don't need to compile anything, let AI do the work.
Posted on 9/26/26 at 11:27 am to j1897
What he said
Posted on 9/26/26 at 11:29 am to Slingscode
quote:
Slingscode
Name definitely checks out, but yeah, I'd just use AI for this one
Posted on 9/26/26 at 11:43 am to Slingscode
The C# runtime is a free download even if it doesn't come preloaded. However I would not recommend 4GB of ram for any use case these days. 8 is barely enough when it comes to Windows.
This post was edited on 9/26/26 at 11:45 am
Posted on 9/26/26 at 12:02 pm to jdd48
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However I would not recommend 4GB of ram for any use case these days. 8 is barely enough when it comes to Windows.
What I was thinking. Thanks for the confirmation.
Posted on 9/26/26 at 12:26 pm to Slingscode
Couple thoughts: cheap laptops and windows are a terrible match and lugging one around seems counterproductive.
Can you just build a PWA and use your phone? It’ll be cheaper than buying a laptop and you won’t have any baggage.
Can you just build a PWA and use your phone? It’ll be cheaper than buying a laptop and you won’t have any baggage.
Posted on 9/26/26 at 3:05 pm to Slingscode
just have a qr code they scan.
They can scan this and check in.
Your coach's link is:
Password: password
https://pickleball-checkin.aaronmyx-df0.workers.dev/coach
you can add players in the players tab
I can send you the javascript and you can put it in AI and have it fit your needs better.
They can scan this and check in.
Your coach's link is:
Password: password
https://pickleball-checkin.aaronmyx-df0.workers.dev/coach
you can add players in the players tab
I can send you the javascript and you can put it in AI and have it fit your needs better.
This post was edited on 9/26/26 at 3:40 pm
Posted on 9/26/26 at 3:53 pm to Slingscode
TBH there is probably an app for your phone for this.
Posted on 9/28/26 at 8:03 pm to Slingscode
The whole point of .NET is it's the same on every machine. Just download the .NET version you need on the target machine or publish the application with everything include.
It's free to get the run time and probably already on the machine if it's running windows. Windows 11 usually includes it
It's free to get the run time and probably already on the machine if it's running windows. Windows 11 usually includes it
Posted on 9/29/26 at 10:11 am to Slingscode
How you publish the app matters. Windows 10 and 11 come with older .NET Framework versions built-in. However, if you are writing your WinForms app in modern .NET such as .NET 6, 7, or 8+, the laptop won't have that specific modern runtime preinstalled out of the box. When you publish your app from Visual Studio, choose the "Self-contained" deployment option. This bundles the necessary C#/.NET runtime right inside your application folder, meaning it will run instantly on a brand-new, wiped PC without requiring you to download or install anything on the laptop.
4GB is the bare-minimum official specification for Windows 11, but Windows itself will consume a huge chunk of that right upon booting up. Your WinForms attendance app takes up very little memory on its own, but background Windows updates, telemetry, and a web browser can easily choke a 4GB machine. If you can stretch the budget just a tiny bit more for an 8GB RAM model, it will save you a lot of frustration with freezing and slow boot times. If 4GB is an absolute hard limit due to cost, try to disable startup apps and background processes on the laptop so it dedicates as much memory as possible to your app.
4GB is the bare-minimum official specification for Windows 11, but Windows itself will consume a huge chunk of that right upon booting up. Your WinForms attendance app takes up very little memory on its own, but background Windows updates, telemetry, and a web browser can easily choke a 4GB machine. If you can stretch the budget just a tiny bit more for an 8GB RAM model, it will save you a lot of frustration with freezing and slow boot times. If 4GB is an absolute hard limit due to cost, try to disable startup apps and background processes on the laptop so it dedicates as much memory as possible to your app.
Posted on 10/2/26 at 9:01 pm to Breauxsif
Thank you.
For the other posters, I appreciate the feedback
The purpose of an attendance app is to ensure they are physically present.
For the other posters, I appreciate the feedback
The purpose of an attendance app is to ensure they are physically present.
Posted on 10/11/26 at 6:12 pm to Slingscode
I'd use claude, it will write it in about 10 minutes. And if you still wanted a local app, you can use electron to make it an installer for a machine. I use claude on the daily for dozens of personal apps. If you want, I can throw it in there with your reqs and give you a git repo or zip of the source/exe using their subscription models.
If you don't want to use ai, I was a c# developer for over 20 years, so yeah it will work. Just download the .net installer (depends on which one you want, core or framework). anything less than 8gb ram is going to stress the system, windows 11 is a hog on memory.
If you don't want to use ai, I was a c# developer for over 20 years, so yeah it will work. Just download the .net installer (depends on which one you want, core or framework). anything less than 8gb ram is going to stress the system, windows 11 is a hog on memory.
Posted on 10/15/26 at 2:22 pm to g650Tide
Thank you
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