Kobojunkie:

The simple way is simply having an Array [/b]of strings. However this might be tedious [b]if you do not understand how to work well with loops, split() and indexing.

Hmm you don't get the whole strategy then. My Algorithms and Data Structures prof said this: "NEVER use arrays! However, until you understand arrays, never use Lists."

HE NEEDS TO KNOW HOW TO JOGGLE THE INDICES! Its COMPULSORY!

I know as someone who has gone past the level of zipping arrays, you might be thinking Maps, quite typical. However, you should remember that you started from somewhere. You dont want to push someone to Maps when the best DS he knows is an Array.

Looking at the problem properly, using HaspMaps wouldn't be necessary. You can use 3 arrays(ignoring the description), 1 containing the names, the other containing the corresponding category and a final one containing the corresponding Cost! I guess you should know what to do. However as a challenge, loop through all three arrays at once and get all the information you need, in O(n)(ignore this for now if you dont know what it means).

An alternative, would be to create a small class that holds some data(attributes to store values from file). You would end up with an array of <some_object>. Again you just need to loop once.

I prefer the latter solution as the former is a bit dirty, however the former is a procedural approach! If it suits your needs then use it,

I have used arrays heavily in this program but. . . . . 

Ghenghis:

Array ke  ? He needs a Map or 2 (HashMap).

Fayimora:

For starters 4 arrays!

delomos:

which is cheaper since its a shared hosting (if scalability and bandwidth aren't your concern, which, per what you're doing, it shouldn't). 

I agree their site doesn't look very appealing, but I doubt that matters much.

Oh you think I just host damainboss.com and dats it? lol I've got a few other apps running there man. I have a game that I am currently working on(private git repo ) which requires a client-server model. I have the "server" on linode! I added a few networking features to my current software engineering group project. Again, the code that handles server stuff is on there. A few other stuffs as well.  Oh yh I hide some private stuff there too, lol  All these with a 512MB VM.

Linode, if not the best is almost the best. You should make use of their platform manager! AWESOME(NB: The images used in their documentation are old versions tho). . . I've got free 24hrs support either by using tickets or on IRC from the technical team.

Also, if you dont want to do any sys admin shIt, they allow you install control panels(e.g cPanel). They also have StackScripts. All you need do is choose a script, populate a 3-5 field form and you have a working VM in less than 3 minutes.

Oh and yh you can ssh into Linode itself, not just the VM, so I can do EVERYTHING from my local machine(Terminal). Man I think the £12 I paid is too small  Oh that reminds me, I only started using Linode in Jan, more of Feb though!

Linode all they way

I get the flexibility argument but do you really want to be spending more of your time doing sysadmin

Hell Yeah! If you think about it, I dont setup virtual machines every Day/Week/Month. All I need to do is setup properly once, and keep deploying. Once in a while i update the system(gems, packages and so on).


Did I convince you to get a linode? 

telema2000:

pretty easy!!!.you can use one of the free open source cms software e.g joomla!nif youre good at using it and integrate it with virtual mart a free open source in order to create a market place of your choice regarding your payment plans if you want to use paypal or the likes, for more info contact 07034293710 for help!!!

naija_swag:

Head to the official java standard edition 7 http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/index.html site and begin at getting started.You can download the whole tutorial in html form and drop on your pc so you can read it offline.there are other books like thinking in java,java how to program (in pdfs) that you can get from folks here and get yourself started.then start reading and practicing and come here for help and guidance

Mind you,its not an easy road!

csharpjava:

You will need a good Software Engineer that will carry out the folllowing:
4. Usability Testing - Making paper prototypes or quick UI designs for the users to test the system to make sure it will be user friendly
5. Implementation - This is where the programming and unit testing will take place. The programming must strickly follow to the design above.
6. Deployment - The system is made available to the users to allow testing
7. Testing - The system is tested as a whole 
8. Maintenance - Fixings errors and other issues that may occur

delomos:

Yup. I'm partially a sysadmin and setting up/managing web server happens to be partly my job And if you get a VPS (which I don't see the need for if you're running a small site), since I deal with enterprise, it's a diff story, again ,

@lordZOUGA Apologies for derailing ,

Hey man, I've been researching on rails deployment and I finally figured out a very easy way to deploy rails apps. But then I used a VPS so . Anyways, check http://www.damainboss.com . Built and hosted that in less than one hour! Pretty fast innit? Ws good you made that statement. Made me re-think my deployment strategies. . .