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Explore and edit Microsoft Access databases (.accdb / .mdb) directly from VS Code.
Hi everyone, I'm looking for a way to move away from the native Access VBE and start using Visual Studio Code as my primary text editor. I mostly want to leverage its modern features like Dark Mode, ...
Use Access Explorer for convenience and modern editing, but never on production databases without backups. For daily development, it is stable enough if prerequisites are met, but treat it as a productivity enhancer but not a replacement for Access VBE reliability.
https://github.com/gvijaikumar9/UserAccessExplorer
I guess it depends, in part, on how the work is done and how it is validated. As you point out, Development should be done on a Development instance. Work should not be moved into Production until it's validated and approved.
But that's no different than the way we've been working for a long time. It's only a tool change, not a process change.
