suggestions needed

[Aditi]

hi all...i m a software engg. student completed my 2nd yr...i have been
asked to make a project during these summer vacations...and hereby i
would like to invite some ideas bout the design and implementation of
an APPLICATION MONITORING SYSTEM....i have to start from scrach so
please tell me how to go bout it rite from the beggining this is the
first time i m making a project of this complexity...
i have to make a system used by the IT department of a company which
contains 31 applications and their details which are being used in a
company ...the details are...
Application sub application catagory platform language version IT
owner functional owner remarks source code documentation last updated
dates
i want to design a system such that it lets the it employee enter the
name of the application and gives him all the details about it...please
suggest an appropriate design and the language which you think would be
best to use...as i have enouf time with me and i can learn a new
language as well...i currently know c and c++...your advise is welcomed

 

[Aaron Isotton]

hi all...i m a software engg. student completed my 2nd yr...i have
been asked to make a project during these summer vacations...and
hereby i would like to invite some ideas bout the design and
implementation of an APPLICATION MONITORING SYSTEM....i have to start
from scrach so please tell me how to go bout it rite from the
beggining this is the first time i m making a project of this
complexity... i have to make a system used by the IT department of a
company which contains 31 applications and their details which are
being used in a company ...the details are... Application sub
application catagory platform language version IT owner functional
owner remarks source code documentation last updated dates i want to
design a system such that it lets the it employee enter the name of
the application and gives him all the details about it...please
suggest an appropriate design and the language which you think would
be best to use...as i have enouf time with me and i can learn a new
language as well...i currently know c and c++...your advise is
welcomed

Hi Aditi,

Splitting up your post in multiple sentences and paragraphs is always a
good idea; believe me, you will get more quality answers that way.

Anyway, since we're on comp.lang.java.programmer, I'd suggest you
implement this as web application using some application server (Tomcat,
Weblogic, whatever) and a database backend (mysql, pgsql, mssql, oracle,
whatever is available).

The 'search' functionality should be trivial; if the data has to be
entered manually, that's trivial too. If it has to be updated
automatically I'd have a look at SNMP or similar protocols. Periodically
updating the data in the background and serving the requests from the DB
is probably a good idea.

Greetings,
Aaron

 

[Andrew Thompson]

hi all...i m a software engg. student completed my 2nd yr...i have been
asked to make a project during these summer vacations...and hereby i
would like to invite some ideas bout the design and implementation of
an APPLICATION MONITORING SYSTEM....

Please don't SHOUT..

But in brief, Java is not the best language to delve
into OS specific applications such as you describe.
It would be doable by having a Java GUI call OS
specific helpers written in C/C++ or such.

..suggest an appropriate ..language which you think would be
best to use.

C++ (or perhaps .NET for the Windows OS).

You could write a GUI in Java, but then the only
advantage I can see of that is to minimise the work
of creating an X-plat GUI - you might also write a
GUI in C++ or .NET.

....as i have enouf time with me and i can learn a new
language as well...i currently know c and c++...

I say, that for this college project, you should stick with
what you already know and are comfortable with.

C/C++, (though possibly using Java for the front end).

HTH

 

[Aditi]

Thanks for ur advice. And I apologise for being sloppy in writing.
The whole project sounds fictitious because it has been assigned to me
in that spirit. The project was explained to me in just 5 minutes flat
and so these are the only details I have. The reason why I posted this
mail was to invite ideas as to how could I make the best use of these
details and suggestions because I myself found these details way too
less. I think I should have written about this in the first mail to
avoid frustration to the people who are trying to help
me.
The platform on which the project will be used is OS 400 on AS 400
machines.
Aditi