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hye...i need some guideline for my project...actually, i want to develop one program for my faculty but i didnt know and confuse what language and platform should i use...This is a situation for my program / software that i want to develop..

1. Most of student in my faculty didnt get any information / notice that issued by my faculty and the students will get that information / announcements are too late and this make it difficult for students to participate in programs / activities that conducted by my faculty. Before this, my faculty just post a notice that relating to the activities on our notice board in my faculty.

2. So, i would like to develop a software where the students are required to download the software and installed it on their computers to obtain any information / announcements that issued by our faculty. After the student already done in their installation, they just need to press a button "get a latest information/announcement" and the popup of announcement / information will come out automatically on their computer screen.

3. any information / announcement that issued by the faculty will governed by our faculty staff and the information / announcement will be stored in the database for future reference


Please help me...please guide me...im confuse which language and platform that are suitable to develop this software...please guide me, what i should learn and anything else to develop this software...

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For : this is a notification-delivery problem more than a language choice problem. For adoption you want to minimize friction first (no mandatory installs), then offer optional convenience clients. As noted, a web front end is the lowest barrier; combine that with automated email/SMS or social updates (as suggested) and an opt-in resident notifier for users who want it (the tray-notifier idea from and the “tweet-style” push idea from are good optional directions).

Recommended minimal architecture: staff-facing admin UI that writes announcements to a central database, a small REST JSON API for clients, and multiple delivery channels (SMTP for email, Web Push for browsers, mobile push or an optional desktop client). A compact relational schema to get started:

CREATE TABLE users (id INT PRIMARY KEY, student_id VARCHAR(32), email VARCHAR(255), name VARCHAR(100), created_at DATETIME);
CREATE TABLE announcements (id INT PRIMARY KEY, title VARCHAR(255), body TEXT, author_id INT, posted_at DATETIME, expires_at DATETIME);
CREATE TABLE subscriptions (id INT PRIMARY KEY, user_id INT, channel VARCHAR(20), created_at DATETIME);
CREATE TABLE devices (id INT PRIMARY KEY, user_id INT, device_token VARCHAR(255), platform VARCHAR(50));
CREATE TABLE read_status (announcement_id INT, user_id INT, seen_at DATETIME, PRIMARY KEY (announcement_id,user_id));

Platform notes: VB.NET/C# are fine if you build a Windows-only desktop notifier (WPF/WinForms + ClickOnce or an installer for updates). If you want cross-platform clients, use Java or build web/mobile clients instead. For the server pick a stack you know (PHP, Python, Node, Ruby) and expose a simple JSON API. Prefer push (Web Push, mobile push) over aggressive polling to save resources.

Practical next steps: build an admin + email MVP, pilot in one course, measure open/response rates, then add browser push and a lightweight desktop client only if enough users opt in. Enforce opt-in/privacy, authenticate admin actions, sanitize inputs, rate-limit outbound messages, and log delivery/errors.

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Member Avatar for 54uydf

I'm developing something very similar right now..
Since you want all the students to have access to the program I think it'd be better to make a website in PHP. that way they don't need to download anything and install..u know how many students would actually give their time to install your program? I don't think that many lol
SIMPLIFY SIMPLIFY SIMPLIFY!

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i know..but im trying to facilitate the student and the faculty..some student are forgot to open the faculty website to obtain the new announcement or information..thats why i want to develop this application....i just want to know which platform and programming language that are suitable to develop this application...how about the vb.net??? is it suitable to develop this application??

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oh so there is already a site? I thought by board u meant like REAL board lol
so why not just improve the already existing site? make it send automatic emails to students that way they'd see it for sure (if they want)..if they don't open the site what makes you think they'd open your program?
can't advise on the vb.net..sorry

Member Avatar for racheltom

make a facebook page n now evryone got GPRS connection they will get the updates right away simple n very easy

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Maybe you could make some kind of Tweeter style application which polls announcements and notices and sends you/the class a Tweet?

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I think the application could be cool because if it didn't consume a lot of resources I would let it reside in my system tray, it could incorporate some other cool stuff too, like customizing notifications, etc. I think a Windows 7 style pop-up box telling me about some event would be superior to checking a website.

If I were to be doing it, I would consider Java or C#.

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