Why not try a multi player game to be played over a network and use RMI (in java). Come up with your own game or adapt a old one with new rules. Add in a chat component to talk to team members/rivals etc
Main Topics
Browse All Topics
Loading Advertisement...
Question
Ideas on a final year programming project?
Hello,
this is my first time here. I'm about to enter the final year of my B.SC. course in Software Development & German. A large percentage of my marks will be awarded to an individual programming project. My only language is Java but I'm keen to use something like C# or XML if the opportunity arose. I have some experience with Databases and Networking also. The project has to be more complex than a group project I participated in last year whihc involved A GUI frontend and SQL database backend simulating a Video Store Inventory system (written in Java with embedded SQL). Can anyone suggest anything? I'm having difficulty coming up with ideas although I had been thinking along the lines of a tool to teach young kids maths or german.
I would be very grateful for any advice and/or suggestions.
willowbabe
ps this site is cool and i have had fun reading through some of the suggestions posted :)
This Question has been solved and asker verified All Experts Exchange premium technology solutions are available to subscription members.
Subscribe now for full access to Experts Exchange and get
Instant Access to this Solution
- Plus...
- 30 Day FREE access, no risk, no obligation
- Collaborate with the world's top tech experts
- Unlimited access to our exclusive solution database
- Never be left without tech help again
Trusted by hundreds of thousands everyday for fast, accurate and reliable tech support.
- "The time we save is the biggest benefit of Experts Exchange to Warner Bros. What could take multiple guys 2 hours or more each to find is accessed in around 15 minutes on Experts Exchange." Mike Kapnisakis, Warner Bros.
- "Our team likes having a resource that is more secure than just using Google and most experts using this service really know their stuff. It's nice to look here first versus using Google." Dayna Sellner, Lockheed Martin
- "Anytime that I've been stumped with a problem, 9 out of 10 times Experts Exchange has either the accepted solution or an open discussion of the potential solution to the problem." Kenny Red, eBay Inc.
See what Experts Exchange can do for you.
Got a question?
We've got the answer.
Experts Exchange has been collecting answers to technology questions since 1996…3 million and counting! If you have a question, chances are we already have your answer.
Need individual assistance?
Our experts are ready to help.
If you can't find the exact answer you're looking for, ask our exclusive community of 50,000 experts. You’ll get a personalized answer from a trusted professional.
Want to learn from the best?
Read articles from industry experts.
Thousands of free tech tips, tricks, how-to’s and tutorials are available in our peer reviewed articles section. See for yourself how smart our experts are, no login required.
Working on a long term project?
Store your work and research.
Save solutions to your questions, answers you’ve discovered through searching plus helpful articles in your personal knowledgebase for easy future access.
Access the answers to your technology questions today.
30-day free trial. Register in 60 seconds.
What Makes Experts Exchange Unique?
Members of the expert community talk about why the experience at Experts Exchange is different than what you will find anywhere else.
Trusted by the world's most respected brands.
Faithfully serving IT professionals since 1996.
Try it out and discover for yourself.
30-day free trial. Register in 60 seconds.
Free Tech Articles
-
WARNING: 5 Reasons why you should NEVER fix a computer for free.
It is in our nature to love the puzzle. We are obsessed. The lot of us. We love puzzles. We love the challenge. We thrive on finding the answer. We hate disarray. It bothers us deep in our soul. W...
-
SCCM OSD Basic troubleshooting
SCCM 2007 OSD is a fantastic way to deploy operating systems, however, like most things SCCM issues can sometimes be difficult to resolve due to the sheer volume of logs to sift through and the dispe...
-
Migrate Small Business Server 2003 to Exchange 2010 and Windows 2008 R2
This guide is intended to provide step by step instructions on how to migrate from Small Business Server 2003 to Windows 2008 R2 with Exchange 2010. For this migration to work you will need the fo...
-
Create a Win7 Gadget
This article shows you how to create a simple "Gadget" -- a sort of mini-application supported by Windows 7 and Vista. Gadgets can be dropped anywhere on the desktop to provide instant information, ...
-
Outlook continually prompting for username and password
There have been a lot of questions recently regarding Outlook prompting for a username and password whilst using Exchange 2007. There are a few reasons why this would happen and I will try to cover t...
-
Backup Exchange 2010 Information Store using Windows Backup
There seems to be quite a lot of confusion around the ability to backup Exchange 2010 using the built in Windows Backup feature. This stems from the omission of this feature prior to Exchange 2007 s...
Cloud Class Webinars
- Avoiding Bugs in Microsoft Access
Alison Balter takes and in-depth look at avoiding bugs in Access. In this webinar you will learn about using the immediate window to debug your applications, invoking the debugger, using breakpoints to troubleshoot, stepping through code, setting the next statement to execute, ...
- Top 10 Best New Features in Visio 2010
Scott Helmers gives live demonstrations of the top 10 new features in Visio 2010. This webinar will teach you how to create compelling diagrams by adding shapes to the page with a single click, linking the shapes in a diagram to data in Excel (or SQL Server, or SharePoint), ...
- IT Consultant Business Secrets Revealed
Michael Munger, Experts Exchange tech pro and IT consultant, pulls back the curtain on his very successful businesses and answers question on every IT consultant and business owner should know about. He shares secrets on what he did to solve the 5 most common problems in IT, ...
- Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
Quest CTO, Mike Billon, gives an overview of the steps involved in building a dunamic disaster recovery plan. Through case studies and an examination of software/hardware tooles for monitoring and testing, you'll gain a better understandin of where you are, where you want ...
- Organize Your Visio Diagrams with Containers and Lists
Scott Helmers uses cross functional flowcharts, wireframe diagrams, data graphic legends and seating charts to teach you: how to ustilize all three new structured diagram components in Visio 2010, the best practices for organizeing shapes in previous version of Visio, how to organize ...
- How to Us Objects, Properties, Events and Methods in Microsoft Access
Alison Dalter gives an in-depbth look at objects, properties, events and methods in Microsoft Access. In this webinar you will learn about using the object browser, referring to objects, working with properties and methods, working with object variables, understanding the ...
Join the Community
Give a Little. Get a Lot.
Join the community of experts here and help other tech pros by answering question in your area of expertise. You can earn FREE access to all Experts Exchange's premium features and resources.
Answers
Maybe try something new, rather than just sticking with sql database type things. Shows you are willing to take on try something knew and wantb to learn, and are prepared to put in the effort not just stick to what you know. They will like to see that, go for as many brownie points as you can. I think networked gaming defo is the best thing, with chat feature, administrator, little community, scoreboards the whole lot including a good concept for a game that will work(the tough creative bit). I did something like it, there is a good amount in it and you can add lots of different things, and hey you have a game at the end of the day to distract you and your friends come exam time.
check out
http://java.sun.com/docs/b
I couldnt say it any better. If you are going for the game best way to go in my opinion than any other way. Think of multiplayer games, games that game be teams or one on one. Example would be risk, battleships. Or personally it wouldnt be that tough to come up with some little shoot em up game.
I say go with java and the game or at least propose it to your supervisor, he/she will be impressed with the effort to find a good project.
Think you'll find some RMI stuff already on this site.
If you want to have database interaction, you could have a seriously data driven application, that is if you can find enough data to populate a database. For instance, if you had enough geographic information in a database, you could write a mapquest-like shortest path between two points application -- and this could involve graphics too. Or perhaps even more interesting, if you had a lot of movie information in a database, you could write a kevin bacon game / six degrees of separation kind of application. That ties together database design, software development, algorithms, the whole gamut.
I like your orginal thought of something invlolving German, but with some of the technologies suggested by the others. Maybe you could create some type of education game for German Students to play against each other over a network. You could use an array of technologies, such as database, sound, RMI,graphics, Internationalisation and would be educational. Never know, you might continue on for a Masters degree in German and this could be a good project for that as well.
Vieles Glück!
Dean Reedy
Degrees in Computer Science & German
RMI is Remote Method Invocation. Basically, think of two processes (JVM's) either on the same computer or on two (or more) different machines that can actually "request" one another to perform certain, published (well-known) services. RMI is Java's way to do distributed computing without tackling Socket programming yourself.
3 Ways to Join
Business Accounts
- Perfect for organizations
- Multiple users
- Save over 36%
- Create a Business Account
Answer for Membership
- Earn free access
- Showcase your knowledge
- No credit card required
- Sign Up to Answer
Loading Advertisement...
by: doronbPosted on 2003-07-17 at 07:26:27ID: 8942946
Just the top of my head, why not try for an on-line community Client/Server? or mayby an on-line RPG system written completely in Java?