E-banking Solution

Programmers wanted to be part of a team working on a web-based solution that will allow users to view their account details/ balance, do transfers, etc.

What programming language is the best for this solution and why?

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Company policy on type of technology used also plays an important aspect. You will lhardly find banks building their banking portals using php or other open-source development tools. The reason is simple, if my bank app gets hacked or a bug is found, who will be held responsible?

Try .NET ,  You can have Coders with different language backgrounds such as C# which is the Java of .NET and VB. NET as well as J# and  C++ developers on the same team and building the same  application.

I do know many banks now run on .NET here,  J.P Morgan Chase is one of the latest on the list to move to the .NET platform. I have not quite worked extensively with Java but the flexibility offered by .NET is something a lot of organizations now like to harness.

I certainly agree with most of the folks that .NET platform is probably the best platform to go for.

With the newly released Windows Server 2008 added security, virtualisation, etc feature integrated within it, the .NET  platform would even make web application even better than before.

But according to reviews, JAVA is also suppose to be extremely powerful as well

php is thw way to go

im interested

by the way e-banking doesn't really refer to banks alone

For Banking??? I would stay away from PHP. I mean the very fact that it is opensource makes me cringe to think of a bank that uses php to handle my sensitive data. I would prefer to use a bank/organization that runs a seriously enterprise level banking system.

Do you mind point to the very line in my post where I print that cause it is opensource means it is inferior?? I would love to see that particular line.

So what dictionary are you using there for this one?? Cause I know the meaning of the word CRINGE ,  I still do not see how it has anything to do with your idea of php being inferior. I still ask that you show me where in my post I made such a claim. Do you go around putting words into people's mouths or something??? Cause I am puzzled here, trying to understand how Cringe suddenly translates "INFERIOR"?

a guy at the last php conference works in a bank and they use php

most bank sites are done wt php

hackers and gurus are the ones who create php therefore its more secure

just like linux is more secure than i dare say Vista

If u use Zend, there's support in naija

recently. microsoft's website was hacked by one saudi guy, and they used d asp and
.NET u guys are talkin of

i bow for java though

PHP rocks!

@Kobojunkie
"There is a reason and that is one of the reasons why I say a bank running on freeware technology makes me cringe."
I'm really really trying, but for the life of me, i can't figure out this  reason[/] that makes you [i]cringe, on this, is would you please tell us in plain terms for dummies like my self to understand?

Bros biko don't mind the tone of my post - i'm a tease can't help it! 

But really - I'd like to understand your position on this what is it about an enterprise or bank using freeware/opensource that bugs you so (oops! makes you cringe?  ) as you have pointed out there are great opensource solutions with enterprise support; Red Hat Linux is a good example you mentioned, another example that comes to mind is SUN's reason for buying MYSQL

@webguru
As bros Kobojunkie so succinctly put it,  Which bank, which country? I'd love to meet the CIO/CTO that put his neck on the line for that one, a php webbanking application,  really??

For the record, is it technicaly feasible/possible to build a secure, scalable e-banking solution can be built in php, yes. but for a whole lot of reasons (some valid some not) its not expedient.

Here is my point, A solution is only as good as the (skill/experience/knowledge/integrity/vision etc of the) people who put it together, and yes although the technology utilized will have impact, its not the key to the issue, the people who created it are,

Cheers!

Well,  now I know one reason why I should stay away from Skye Bank regardless of supposed ranking and what not. 

Because they used php for the website does NOT mean they used that for the web application. I am sure because when u logged in to their site and u saw . php, u assumed they are using that for the web application (the two are not the same). Though  I don't know what they used for the app, I doubt if it is in php.

so a website is not part of a web application

are there no apis for middle tier applications