Final Year Student needing ideas...

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To all who can help,
I am currently seeking a bachelor in computing /applied computing, and am in the final year. We are required to complete a computer project module, whereby I will have to choose a language as well as a scenario or a system to create.

I have chosen VB.NET. Is this a good choice? Or do you think I'd be better off choosing other languages to attain higher marks?

Also, I need suggestions for a system. Can anyone just pour in opinions so I can get some ideas? I'd be really really grateful! Thank you.
 
Well you said challenging. :( Make a game then, some kind of StarCraft clone or something, or a Half-Life mod.
 
i see, a game eh? hm.........
will think bout it , wa3t bout other things other than a game?

probably something which will serve as a system which could be used by an organisation?
 
I suppose you could always make some sort of generic video store application if you're looking for something that uses databases.
 
i see, hm.........a video store application eh? hm.......
i see...

i was thinking, wat would be a suitable system, which can be applied thru the internet as well as locally? (used and accessed through an internet browser as well as a local application)

er.....wat's a content management system? can u give me an example?
 
If you want it locally and internet you could build a web service.
Content managament is something like Wyrd said, for example you add custmers to your store, you check what they rented or what they bought and you record everything. Just look at some online store.
 
Web service is something like a DLL but it is available online. You can connect to the service, get data from it and things like that.
 
You're a final year student in computing and you don't know what a content management system or a webservice is?
 
I could understand why he wouldn't know what a Web Service is. Colleges I've seen offer a wide selection of computer science courses, so it really depends on what classes you take.

Plus, wasn't it .NET that started the whole Web Service thing? Not all colleges are up on the latest technology.
 
wyrd said:
I could understand why he wouldn't know what a Web Service is. Colleges I've seen offer a wide selection of computer science courses, so it really depends on what classes you take.

Plus, wasn't it .NET that started the whole Web Service thing? Not all colleges are up on the latest technology.
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Didn't Java provide that functionality before? Im not entirely sure.
 
er......let me clear up the hot air here.....

i'm not a final year student...
i'm still in my 2nd year, but am taking steps to prepare for my final year, therefore when i speak to u ppl, i'm trying to ask the questions which i will face in the final year...

iny my course, we don't really delve much into internet programming studies...therefore i'm not so sure bout web services, and my college does not do .NET, we were onli exposed to VB6, C, and Java...that's y i'm tak ing thhe initiative to learn things on my own...

content management - i think i've done that b4, but i did not know it was called "content Management"

anyway, thanx guys for the ideas...i'll really have to give it some thought, might continute needing ur advice...

also one mnore thing, i have never used ms sql server b4 for my db connections...always been using access...do u think it would be good for me to try it? wat's the major difference?
 
From the colleges I've looked at, the 3rd and 4th year usually consist of classes that utilize C++. There are also a few theory classes like OS and compiler theory.

As for MS SQL, if you plan on getting a job that developes business applications then you should familiarize yourself with MS SQL.
 
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