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[stefanybaez]

Hey there everyone, I was not sure where to post so Im sorry if this isnt the right place for this...

Im working on my college final project, its based on a banking application. What i basically does is send bank account owners an sms after every transaction made to their account. This is to prevent fraud so if, for example, i have a credit card, and someone uses my card ill get an SMS saying where and for how much the card was used after the transaction has been made, that way ill know if any fraud has been commited and i can report it directly to the bank. This should also be done with debit cards as well as savings accounts, etc.
Im not sure where to start with though, which programming language would you recommend I use? I know java, c++, pascal (old stuff i know), delphi. Learning a new one wouldnt be hard for me.

What do you guys recommend and I do? And any guidance as to where to start or how to do this would be awesome too. Thanks!

btw, i know this has already been made but not in my country, so i would love to be the first one to do it here.

[WingedPanther]

Are you intending this to be functioning on a simulated bank account, or a "real" one? This is the key question, as for a real bank account, a lot would depend on the details of their system.

In any case, the language would need to be able to monitor a database and send out the SMS messages based on changes. That implies some sort of monitoring application. The details would depend a lot on what language you're most comfortable with (I'd avoid pascal), and what type of system the bank is using for its server.

[stefanybaez]

Thanks for the quick reply!

This is intended to work on a real bank account but I assume at first it would be tested on a simulated one. Either way I guess you're right it all depends on the bank.

Would you recommend Java, C++ (though they are very similar) or visual basic?. I believe Java is a little bit slow...


sorry if im making all the wrong questions hehe. Im a bit lost Ive never really started building a software on my ownwithout any guidance.

[WingedPanther]

If this is meant to run on a bank's server, monitoring the bank's database, then the first question is: what database/OS is this going to be running on?

Java on an old IBM mainframe just isn't going to happen, for example. The details really, really matter.

[stefanybaez]

Hmm so I would probably need to make some kind of project proposal and get approved by a bank and then figure this all out :P

thanks for the help, now i know what to figure out before i start. :D