twinBASIC Monthly Challenge 3 by Alex Hedley

📊 twinBASIC Monthly Challenge #3 - March

Create a Data Viewer

Build an application that reads data from a file or the system and presents it in a useful or interesting visual way.

Your program should take raw or structured data and turn it into something that people can explore, analyse, or understand more easily.

This could be a viewer, explorer, dashboard, inspector, or visualisation tool.

Examples include (but are not limited to):

- Access MDB / ACCDB file viewer
- JSON or XML explorer
- CSV / spreadsheet viewer
- SQLite database browser
- Log file viewer
- Windows Event Log viewer
- Windows Registry explorer
- Image metadata (EXIF) viewer
- Folder size visualizer
- System metrics dashboard
- Network data viewer
- Binary / hex viewer

Creativity is encouraged - unusual data sources or interesting visualisations are welcome.

📦 Submission Rules

- Built using twinBASIC
- Full source code must be provided, but licence choice is unrestricted
- Submission must be a single `.twinproj` file (external resource files allowed if necessary)
- Produces a single Windows EXE
- Runs on Windows 10 and later
- Application must read and display data from a file, dataset, or system source

❌ Not a direct or near-direct port of an existing VB6 application

📈 Bonus Points

- Interesting or complex data visualisation
- Support for large datasets
- Search, filtering, or navigation features
- Use of tree views, charts, or custom visualisation
- Use of Windows APIs or system interfaces
- Use of newer twinBASIC features (e.g. delegates, generics)
- Clean architecture and well-documented code
- Polished UI and UX
- Creative or unusual data sources

🎁 Prize

£100 twinBASIC account credit

- Non-transferable
- No cash alternative
- Can only be used towards future twinBASIC licences

🏆 Judging

Entries will be judged across multiple categories, including:

- Originality and creativity
- Technical execution
- Performance
- Visual presentation
- Code quality and structure
- Overall polish and usefulness

Bonus points may be awarded at the discretion of the twinBASIC team.

Winner selected at the sole discretion of the twinBASIC team within 7 days after the entry deadline.

⏰ Deadline

Entries must be received by:

🗓️ 9th April — 12:00 PM (GMT)

Submissions will be locked after the deadline.

Discord

• https://discord.com/channels/927638153546829845/1480446762467459175
• https://discord.gg/UaW9GgKKuE
  • https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/discussions/629

⬇️Download

• https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/releases

🔗Links

• https://twinbasic.com/
• https://docs.twinbasic.com/
• https://github.com/twinbasic

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