Background & Functionality
The tool “ics2csv4win” was created out of a voluntary context and was therefore deliberately created for users with Windows computers without the need to install specific runtime environments, additional packages, libraries or similar things. The tool can download online iCalendar resources (e.g. Google Calendar in ics format) and convert them into csv format so that they can be further processed using common tools such as Excel. As is often the case, it has “developed like this” - a 2-line code then became a few more lines, then a few functions, etc. - The tool does not meet the requirements of modern software development at all and is not (yet) platform-independent, but it is relatively compact, works and fulfills its intended purpose.