WC Annihilus
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All right, well some of you may remember the Alternate Assignment thread I made a little while back. There was no way I was going to abandon a chance at programming instead of a history project. Anyways, what I decided to do was a client-server app which will allow teachers to distribute tests (made in a program that I've already written) to students to take in a computer lab. It will automatically score it and then send those scores back to the teacher, making things easier for the teacher and giving instant gratification for the students. Probably will need to add in a report for the students to see what they got wrong etc too. Anyways, right now I'm torn between whether to stick with Visual Basic or move on to Java. Visual Basic is pretty simple and straight forward. However, Java is practically made for network programming so would probably much more versatile. The problem is, I only got about 2 1/2 weeks (due March 2nd). Think that's enough time to learn enough Java to accomplish this task? I actually have the source for another program somewhat similar to what I'm doing that I could probably use as a template (written by my previous VB teacher back when I did College for Kids) here (it's the QuickQuiz Giver and Taker) Also, if I decide to move to Java, what IDE would you suggest? Currently I'm considering Eclipse or Netbeans but any suggestion is welcome.
Another thing I would like to try, if I have enough time and it can be worked out, would be to have the server automatically upload the test scores onto MyGradeBook.com to make things even easier on teachers.
Another thing I would like to try, if I have enough time and it can be worked out, would be to have the server automatically upload the test scores onto MyGradeBook.com to make things even easier on teachers.
