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In 2 nights, I created a standard working desktop-based inventory management system with well defined roles, for some school project in the middle of exams (just to get an A which I'm not really interested in). The only functions not currently working are the printing of receipts and the e-mail alerts to managers when stocks get low (and maybe SMS alerts too) -- but that is just a piece of cake!

If you know anyone who might be interested in buying lemmie know. It's standard enough to power any medium-sized supermarket or jewelry shop or boutique or sales house (that is, anywhere sales is made).

Plus it's very light, simple and easy to install as it runs with an embedded database which does not consume extra resouces on the system by running services and is only required when the application starts (which means it does not make your system slow). I've created an app which prints with a dot-matrix printer before so it could be custom made to print with dot matrix as required by whoever needs it. I also don't need to be present to install it on the required client's system, I'll just tell how to do it (which is very simple).

It's built in Java so it should run perfectly on any platform, even though it was created and tested in Windows (*BING* I should actually start my ubuntu partition and check it up on it too).

A little marketing won't hurt too. You'll get a sizable cut if you do get me a customer (that's if you see the business I see and you are interested in it).

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@Nana
Ok, on Nairaland everyone is an authority, an authority that controls the the creation of new threads. The topic is open for you to discuss or just read and leave. I don't know when creating a new thread started killing people.

Or you want me to put it up on the thread which has 15 pages already, and you'll read it abi?

Focus on the topic and discuss, leave if you don't feel like.

Na photoshop

Yup! You are kinda right. You'll need love and interest to be very productive in this discipline.
Check this out: http://alexiskold./2008/04/08/top-10-traits-of-a-rockstar-software-engineer/

dueal:
@pussyboy. Sincerely speaking, u r going to end-up regreting. And Oracle is not the name of a programming language.

Now that was harsh, I think you should give him a reason for your comment. Plus he does not know what Oracle was that's why he was asking.

"WOW"

kencas:
The whole matter still reflects on the quality of education offered in our university.its a pity that we don't have good Instructors in Computer Science.The problem continues, Import technology, we lose technical value

I totally agree. Bad instructors/lecturers, Bad products. Every computer science graduate wants to work in a bank or oil company cos d essence of computer science is not understood. Pity!

luckyCO:
Please who is good at F#, one who can assist me or  on any other language while I reduce my intake in dotnet?

F# is still a .NET language. If you want to avoid .NET, go for Scala. It's a great Language. It's concurrency model was borrowed from Erlang - Actor based. Program organisation is wonderful. Quite tough to start with but with time you'll blend in with it.

I maintain a programming blog at http://technicalculus. (Even though I've only one post there  ). I'll post everything you need to start off and blend in with Scala and NetBeans IDE. Watch out for posts. Starting from today.

Big Star:
What do we do?

I believe any programming language is just a tool for achieving a task. Learn other languages, update your toolbox. When a job is required, you'll chose the one to use. I program in Java majorly, but I do a lot of C# too. Lately, I've been learning Scala and I want to implement a big project using the language. If anyone pisses you off, ignore it.

I think releasing new versions of programming languages is just a marketing strategy. C was prime at it's time now it's out of use. Same things applies to C++. I think OOP is getting too bloated and we should start focusing on something else, another programming paradigm. That's what they are just trying to force into the language.

Learn a hybrid functional/OOP language, Scala or F#, that is the way to go! For backward compatibility, still maintain knowledge of those ones you know. IT is very dynamic. Software developers are perfectionists.

profit$:
Programmers and Guru's in Nairaland, Can any programmer in nairaland make an Autoresponder?

I will like to get in touch with such a person, pls

Whatever number of people you get together, I'll love to be part of the team. My e-mail is celestocalculus@yahoo.co.uk.

When you say register Server do you mean creating a new Server instance or registering on-line? And by "How do I Connect" do you mean Logging in or Connecting to the internet.

From your attachment, you were trying to connect to SQL Server Compact Edition. Confirm that the parameters in the combo boxes are correct. Usually, you should be able to connect to SQL Server (without the internet) using your Windows account or a Log-in already created with SQL Server either during installation or Using the Management Console.

As for SQL Server Compact Edition, well, can't say!

Double check the parameters again and try to connect. If you registered a Log-in Account during installation, use it. Else, log-in to Windows with an Administrative user and try again.

, then post an update here!

dueal:
As a beginner it's best not to think of the language as being the same thing as the visual IDE u use.

Take this advice really serious or you'll be trapped on one platform!!!

All the best.

The Java How to program book worked for me o! 
Well as they say, "Different strokes for different folks". Check up the one that suits you best and use em!

Best of lucks and welcome in advance.

uche1:
How java handles graphic and example of simple program to effect it.

Familiarize yourself with the Java 2D API. It's a whole lot of package. You'll see lots of (hands-on) examples while learning!!!

Visit http://www.corewebprogramming.com/PDF/ch10.pdf for Java 2D tutorial.

"Java How to Program" by Deitel and Deitel is a great place to start for Java.

Decide on which language you want to learn, understand the language paradigm (OOP or functunal) then learn the language syntax.

Before recently, OOP (Java, C#) was the mainstream.But due to the advent of multi-core processors, functional languages, which can take better advantage of the multi-core, are returning. But instead of throwing away OOP completely, hybrid languages (Scala, F#)which have both functional and OOP capabilities are being created.The good thing is that they are created on the platform of the OOP environments (JVM, .NET) so you can take advantage of the APIs of the OOPs.

My advice: Learn Scala on the Java platform. Reason: I've looked-up Scala syntax and F#(Microsoft .NET platform) syntax and I discovered that Scala is simpler and much closer to common imperative OOP languages (such as Java and C#) plus I have a bias towards the Java Platform  (dunno y!). I use NetBeans IDE with Scala plug-in.

Download netbeans from http://www.netbeans.org, Scala (and the NetBeans plug-in) from http://www.scala-lang.org. You'll need the JVM too. Download it from http://www.java.sun.com. But if you won't use anything other than Microsoft tools, download F# from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/fsharp/default.aspx. It's going to be released officially with Visual Studio 2010.

Lift (http://liftweb.net/) is a platform for creating web-based Scala applications. So you can go straight to the web after simply learning Scala but you'll need to know Maven (not a programming language) too.

For now, get the book "Programming in Scala" by Scala creator Martin Odersky, one of Twitter creators - Lex Spoon and Bill Venners. I googled and downloaded the e-book. It's interesting and straight to the point.

You may need to know that Twitter is being re-implemented using Scala from the original Ruby on Rails implementation. So I really think Scala is going to hit it big!

@*.dhtml, Afam - Thanks a-lot. I just joined the forum on recommendation. Think I'll follow your advice. Never knew I shouldn't advertise here.

@Quadrillo 

quadrillio:
"THE EMPTY BARREN MAKE THE LOUDEST NOISE "

I think you meant "Barrel" not "Barren"!!! You don't need to jump into conclusion, you may just be wrong,  Thanks all the same.

Hello,
I am Celestine Ezeokoye a 300 level computer science student of the University of Lagos and also a computer programmer/software developer. I was a member of the team (Team CarBurn) that represented Nigeria at the 2008 Microsoft Imagine Cup, software design challenge held at Paris, France. I was also the leader of the team (Team X) that represented Nigeria at the just concluded Microsoft Imagine Cup 2009, held in Cairo, Egypt. The following links would give you details:

http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=147895
http://www.businessdayonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3357:unilags-team-x-gets-msi-praise-for-winning-microsoft-imagine-cup-2009&catid=89:learning&Itemid=347
http://www.nigerianbestforum.com/index.php?topic=35897.msg176689

I want to inform you that my programming skills are up for hire in case you require a freelance programmer/developer in any of your projects. I have been writing computer programs since 2005. I had a diploma in Computer programming from IMS computer training school in September 2005 and partially completed a diploma in software engineering at New Horizons computer training institute before I got admitted to study in University of Lagos. I had always seized opportunities such as the Imagine Cup to show my prowess in computer programming and each time I took part, my team always won the National finals and represented Nigeria in the international finals.
I am available to work with your in-house programmers. I’m very proficient in programming on the .NET platform using the C# programming language which I have learnt on my own and have used at every Imagine Cup I take part in. Aside C#, my basic field of training is the Java programming language. I’m very proficient even to creating server-side applications using servlets and JSPs. Lately I’m learning the Scala programming language (http://www.scala-lang.org/). But it’s not just my programming skills that have taken me thus far but also my ability to figure out computer based solutions to problems, my creativity skills. If you need to outsource, members of my team who took part in the Cairo challenge are available to bring your business requirements to life.

Kind Regards,
Celestine Ezeokoye.
+2347025530779