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A2 computing project.... ideas?

i was told to think of ideas for what to do for my a2 computing project over the summer, but i cant really think of anything to do that is a) not too easy b) not ridiculously hard and c) has a "purpose"

so does anyone have any suggestions of what to do? it can be anything really so long as it has a purpose and an end user... or something like that i cant quite remember how it was worded.

what did you other a level computing ppl do?

i was thinking possibly some kind of format converter for video files because it would actually be really useful, but i have no idea about the availability of the "back end" programs for video format conversion, and there is a fat chance of me writing the actual back end converter myself :P i would just be making a gui front end type affair.... so yeah thats just me going off on one, i probably wouldnt be able to do that. ill stop ramblig now.

Reply 1

Camford

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A'level computing as I see it, is a total wasting of time these days.

A database is something the average computing student would do. Go into a local shop and say you would like to make them a database. Voila, sorted.... in most cases that is.

If you want to do something slightly interesting, check out www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~acn. It's a fairly easy piece of java work. (saying it's easy, I am currently pulling my hair out because of it.) It should take you no more than a month to get it working. If you don't like, I'm sure you can find something along that line to do. Good luck.

Reply 2

Flukey

Camford

A'level computing as I see it, is a total wasting of time these days.

A database is something the average computing student would do. Go into a local shop and say you would like to make them a database. Voila, sorted.... in most cases that is.

If you want to do something slightly interesting, check out www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~acn. It's a fairly easy piece of java work. (saying it's easy, I am currently pulling my hair out because of it.) It should take you no more than a month to get it working. If you don't like, I'm sure you can find something along that line to do. Good luck.

Yes that would be why only 6% of students this year got an A. :rolleyes:

Reply 3

Camford

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Flukey

Yes that would be why only 6% of students this year got an A. :rolleyes:

I did a database for a warehouse as my project back in those days... got a C for it. Never liked database, still don't like them.

Reply 4

toipot2

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Whoa, A level computing sounds completely different to what my school offers (tech wise). So you actually have to develop something? That sounds somewhat reasonable :smile:

A level IT is what my school offers, most complicated thing is access databases and excel spreadsheets, its just an alevel in office work really, a complete joke.

Reply 5

JennLlama

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toipot2

Whoa, A level computing sounds completely different to what my school offers (tech wise). So you actually have to develop something? That sounds somewhat reasonable :smile:

A level IT is what my school offers, most complicated thing is access databases and excel spreadsheets, its just an alevel in office work really, a complete joke.

ICT and Computing (in terms of the English qualifications system - A-levels, etc.) are pretty different. ICT is more to do with learning to use computers and (usually) Microsoft packages. Computing is more about how the computers work and programming, etc.
To Choad: In terms of project ideas, there's a thread on Advanced Higher Computing projects in this subforum which you might like to look at (AH is the Scottish equivalent of A-level so you might be able to transfer the ideas across).
Jenn xx

Reply 6

SuperhansFavouriteAlsatian

Im making a PHP/MySQL solution (my god i hate that word) for my Government and Politics class to add a load of news stories to a database online which can then be searched, etc. It will involve user accounts (and all the security issues that go with it, so i'll have a lot to write about!). Maybe this will give you some ideas!

Echo "good luck!";

Reply 7

Choad

OP

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yes i had thought of simple database type stock control things, but that is pretty much what we did for AS project (terry's turkeys... what is it with these exam boards and alliteration?), and also its well boring and my teacher said it was harder to get full marks with a simple project like that. thanks for the links whoever gave me some, ill be sure to check them out :smile:

Reply 8

toipot2

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ICT and Computing (in terms of the English qualifications system - A-levels, etc.) are pretty different. ICT is more to do with learning to use computers and (usually) Microsoft packages. Computing is more about how the computers work and programming, etc.

Yeah, but both get the same amount of UCAS points, hehe, what a messed up system.

Reply 9

JamieB

Flukey

Yes that would be why only 6% of students this year got an A. :rolleyes:

Only 6%? I have to say the reasoning for that may be slightly flawed. A lot of ignorant students take computing thinking it will be a "doss" lesson and that they can just mess around. I remember in one instance a student asking "Why aren't we playing computer games?". Saying that, some parts of the course are hard, even though as the person said: "Virtually anyone can do a database". Thats somewhat true also, there needs to be some changes in the projects IMO.

Sample Projects?

Sales System
Stock System
Airplane booking system

All of them can be made harder by applying record locking on them. Not using ADODC controls and Access Interfaces would too.

Jamie

Reply 10

Steezy20

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Tell you something thats impossible to find... a bandwidth monitor for the internet that records all traffic in a month... but starting from a certain date, eg the 9th of every month. Surely its not too hard to start it half way into a calender month.

Reply 11

Choad

OP

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now that is a really good idea. you would have do some pretty low level stuff but its totally doable and of about the right scale for a project. thanks for that idea i will consult my teacher about it :smile:

Reply 12

gecko_

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You people get away with stright forward names and address databases?

Ok, maybe my project is a bit overkill.

This is what i am working on (in php/mysql/c++):

Its a web program that collects logs from game servers and extracts information about player statistics and updates them into database. Players can then log in and see their gaming statistics, such as kill rate, total damage done, % of hits that are headshots ect. This is for a half-life mod. The c++ aspect listens on a TCP/IP port and writes the data into a file which is then automatically detected and processed by the website every 2 hours and then updated, ensuring stats are up to date ect.

Large project but i almost finished it already (coding wise).

Not that that really helps you, but meh, i was bored and felt like typing something.

Bandwidth monitor is something easy to do, if you build it for a *nix platform if you have any experience with that then it is easier to log traffic ect.

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