EcoShopping Project: C# .Net Application with XML Data Integration

This C# .Net project, named EcoShopping, focuses on creating a shopping list application using XML for data storage. The application allows users to add and view shopping details, with data displayed in a tabular format. The project emphasizes extracting and displaying data from an XML file, a crucial skill for platform-independent data handling. The application includes features for adding clothes to the shopping list and viewing the list, with data validation implemented to ensure all fields are completed before adding an item. The project provides hands-on experience with XML data, datagridview, and various C# .Net features such as classes, objects, code reusability, and data transfer between forms, ultimately enhancing confidence in C# .Net development.

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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Design Elements..............................................................................................................................3
Coding Experience...........................................................................................................................5
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................5
References........................................................................................................................................6
Introduction
This assignment is based upon the shopping list detail project. The Shopping list will be shown
in the project. The name of the project is EcoShopping. The project is developed in the C# .Net
language.
The shopping detail is stored in the XML file. The data is being displayed in the tabular format
from the XML file. The project is giving the option to the users to add the shopping detail also.
The project is completely showing the accessing of data from XML file and vice versa.
To extract the data from XML file is very important and useful technique. The XML file a very
good source of data storage. It is platform independent data source and therefore; it is used in
many big projects now a day.

Design Elements
The Eco Clothing System is designed in the C# .Net. The Home page of the system is showing
below-
There are two main menus in the project- Add Clothes and View Shopping List.
“Add Clothes” menu will add the shopping items to the XML document that is storing the
shopping detail. “Alt + A” is the shortcut key for this menu. Following form will be displayed by
clicking on the “Add Clothes” menu-

“View Shopping List” menu will show the shopping list by extracting the data from the XML
document. “Alt + V” is the shortcut key for this menu. Following form will be displayed by
clicking on the “View Shopping List” menu-
The labels are used in all the forms for text data and text boxes are used to enter the product
detail. To display the product detail datagridview is used.

Coding Experience
The project has given lot of programming experiences like below-
- Use of XML data.
- Use of datagridview
- Use of data validation. If the user will not enter the product detail, the product will not be
added into the XML file. All fields are mandatory.
There are lots of important features that I learned through this project. Some of them are as
follows-
- Use of classes and objects.
- Use of code reusability
- Use stored procedures for security purpose
- Use of data transfer from one form to another.
- Use of making shortcut keys.
The project is giving the complete knowledge to create the project from scratch in C# .Net.
After completing this project, I am very much confident in C# .Net.
Conclusion
The assignment is giving the complete knowledge about C# .Net windows application. It is
giving knowledge to use XML data in a very efficient way. A new project is built in the
assignment which is giving idea to make the new project from scratch.
I’ve learned the best way to read and write into the XML file.

References
net-informations.com. (2019), C# Windows Forms, [Online]. Available: http://csharp.net-
informations.com/gui/cs_forms.htm. [Accessed: 17-Jan-2019]
DotNet World. (2012), How to insert data into XML file from windows form using C#.Net || Insert and
Retrieve data from XML file to bind datagridview, [Online]. Available:
http://dotnetsridhar.blogspot.com/2012/04/inserting-data-to-xml-file.html. [Accessed: 17-Jan-2019]