Database Driven Website Questions

[Ash]

I am basically doing a project in my Computing A Level. We have to program something for an imaginary client. I was thinking of a database driven website which would be basically a banking site.

1) Does a banking site count as a database driven website?
2) What language would be best?
3) Is it a realistic project - would it be very complicated etc.?
4) What sort of information would be stored on the database?

And do you guys have any ideas for any other database driven sites that would be a better option for the project? Thanks in advance for any help 🙂

 

[Sam]

That sounds like an awesome project.

1) I would assume so. They are dynamic and grab information from a database.
2) PHP / MySQL with basic HTML/CSS (boostrap or a CSS template). You could possibly look into Python (I love python).
3) It really depends on the scope of your project. What are the necessary features of a banking site:
- Login/ Logout.
- Display account numbers.
- Display balances.
- Allow to transfer money between people in the same bank.

You could easily add to that but I'd try and keep a very stripped down version.

4) Logins/ Personal details, Account Numbers w/ balances, A list of past transactions (maybe).

Other ideas: a shopping website/ cart (with only sessions i.e. no logins), a social network, a forum, a blog.

 

[Ash]

Just realised, we need a "real client". Even if it isn't a real client, it needs to be realistic so I doubt a banking site would be a ideal project.

Like you said I think a shopping website might be a good idea