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While I'll never be mistaken for a programmer, from time to time I'll build a small application to serve as a front-end for a database requirement I may have at the moment.  In the past, I would use the dreaded Microsoft Access as the weapon of choice, but in recent years I've tried to build these smaller solutions on a web platform.  By being online, my application is available to me from anywhere, and I don't have to lug around a computer to access it.  It's not easy for someone who doesn't really know how to code to build applications on the web.  Enter CodeCharge.  I've used CodeCharge for several years now, and found it to be a very powerful and surprisingly easy solution for coding neophtyes.  YesSoftware has recently upgraded CodeCharge Studio to version 3.0.  The 3.0 product has added some really slick features such as web reporting , a web calendar builder, a CSS style builder, and internationalization capabilities.

While you can dig into actual code with CodeCharge, the beauty of this application is that it lets you build on any of the following platforms, PHP, ASP, JSP, Perl, ColdFusion, or ASP.NET, and you don't really have to know how to program a single line of code.  The downside is that CodeCharge isn't cheap.  It'll set you back $140.  Once you have a tool like this and access to a web server, however, you'll find yourself building all kinds of useful applications.  Who knows, you may unleash the hidden coder in you!  CodeCharge is a Windows based application.