fkheng Posted May 21, 2003 Posted May 21, 2003 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. Quote Can you bind the beautiful Pleiades, and can you loose the cords of Orion? - God to Job...
wyrd Posted May 21, 2003 Posted May 21, 2003 First you should decide on what your project is, then choose the best language for that project. Quote Gamer extraordinaire. Programmer wannabe.
fkheng Posted May 22, 2003 Author Posted May 22, 2003 hm......could anyone give some ideas FOR a project? coz i really need some... Quote Can you bind the beautiful Pleiades, and can you loose the cords of Orion? - God to Job...
fkheng Posted May 22, 2003 Author Posted May 22, 2003 probably something that would be challenging... Quote Can you bind the beautiful Pleiades, and can you loose the cords of Orion? - God to Job...
wyrd Posted May 22, 2003 Posted May 22, 2003 Create your own OS. :) Quote Gamer extraordinaire. Programmer wannabe.
fkheng Posted May 22, 2003 Author Posted May 22, 2003 hehe, er.....something other than that? Quote Can you bind the beautiful Pleiades, and can you loose the cords of Orion? - God to Job...
wyrd Posted May 22, 2003 Posted May 22, 2003 Well you said challenging. :( Make a game then, some kind of StarCraft clone or something, or a Half-Life mod. Quote Gamer extraordinaire. Programmer wannabe.
fkheng Posted May 22, 2003 Author Posted May 22, 2003 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? Quote Can you bind the beautiful Pleiades, and can you loose the cords of Orion? - God to Job...
wyrd Posted May 22, 2003 Posted May 22, 2003 I suppose you could always make some sort of generic video store application if you're looking for something that uses databases. Quote Gamer extraordinaire. Programmer wannabe.
*Gurus* divil Posted May 22, 2003 *Gurus* Posted May 22, 2003 A content management system. Quote MVP, Visual Developer - .NET Now you see why evil will always triumph - because good is dumb. My free .NET Windows Forms Controls and Articles
fkheng Posted May 22, 2003 Author Posted May 22, 2003 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? Quote Can you bind the beautiful Pleiades, and can you loose the cords of Orion? - God to Job...
Guest mutant Posted May 22, 2003 Posted May 22, 2003 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. Quote
fkheng Posted May 22, 2003 Author Posted May 22, 2003 i see thanx again mutant... hm...ok, i think i'll try to do something like this... er........web service, wat is it? Quote Can you bind the beautiful Pleiades, and can you loose the cords of Orion? - God to Job...
Guest mutant Posted May 22, 2003 Posted May 22, 2003 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. Quote
*Gurus* divil Posted May 22, 2003 *Gurus* Posted May 22, 2003 You're a final year student in computing and you don't know what a content management system or a webservice is? Quote MVP, Visual Developer - .NET Now you see why evil will always triumph - because good is dumb. My free .NET Windows Forms Controls and Articles
wyrd Posted May 22, 2003 Posted May 22, 2003 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. Quote Gamer extraordinaire. Programmer wannabe.
Guest mutant Posted May 23, 2003 Posted May 23, 2003 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. Didn't Java provide that functionality before? Im not entirely sure. Quote
fkheng Posted May 23, 2003 Author Posted May 23, 2003 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? Quote Can you bind the beautiful Pleiades, and can you loose the cords of Orion? - God to Job...
wyrd Posted May 23, 2003 Posted May 23, 2003 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. Quote Gamer extraordinaire. Programmer wannabe.
*Experts* Merrion Posted May 23, 2003 *Experts* Posted May 23, 2003 Things that score highly in final year projects are things with a lot of academic theory and cross-discipline references. Suggest you do an implementation of the .NET Evolutionary Computing Framework...guaranteed professor pleaser. Quote Printer Monitor for .NET? - see Merrion Computing Ltd for details
fkheng Posted May 23, 2003 Author Posted May 23, 2003 i see, interesting... i have tried to play around with sql... but i can't seem to find the interface where u can enter data into your table like in ms access do they work the same way? do u know of any good tutorials? Quote Can you bind the beautiful Pleiades, and can you loose the cords of Orion? - God to Job...
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