Final Year Student needing ideas...

[fkheng]

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 Id 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? Id be really really grateful! Thank you.

 

[wyrd]

First you should decide on what your project is, then choose the best language for that project.

 

[fkheng]

hm......could anyone give some ideas FOR a project? coz i really need some...

 

[fkheng]

probably something that would be challenging...

 

[wyrd]

Create your own OS.

 

[fkheng]

hehe, er.....something other than that?

 

[wyrd]

Well you said challenging. Make a game then, some kind of StarCraft clone or something, or a Half-Life mod.

 

[fkheng]

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?

 

[wyrd]

I suppose you could always make some sort of generic video store application if youre looking for something that uses databases.

 

[Divil]

A content management system.

 

[fkheng]

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.....wats a content management system? can u give me an example?

 

[mutant]

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.

 

[fkheng]

i see thanx again mutant...

hm...ok, i think ill try to do something like this...

er........web service, wat is it?

 

[mutant]

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.

 

[Divil]

Youre a final year student in computing and you dont know what a content management system or a webservice is?

 

[wyrd]

I could understand why he wouldnt know what a Web Service is. Colleges Ive seen offer a wide selection of computer science courses, so it really depends on what classes you take.

Plus, wasnt it .NET that started the whole Web Service thing? Not all colleges are up on the latest technology.

 

[mutant]

Originally posted by wyrd
I could understand why he wouldnt know what a Web Service is. Colleges Ive seen offer a wide selection of computer science courses, so it really depends on what classes you take.

Plus, wasnt it .NET that started the whole Web Service thing? Not all colleges are up on the latest technology.

Didnt Java provide that functionality before? Im not entirely sure.

 

[fkheng]

er......let me clear up the hot air here.....

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

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

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

anyway, thanx guys for the ideas...ill 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? wats the major difference?

 

[wyrd]

From the colleges Ive 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.

 

[Merrion]

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.