The world is fast becoming a global village due
to the effect of globalization and rapid growth in technology. This has enabled
information sharing among various people of the world, thereby solving basic
societal problems and bringing about rapid development. The study designs and
implements a web based forum where computer science and computer engineering
students of a particular university, or various universities in Nigeria and the
world at large can come together and interact online. Various rooms/categories
such as programming, web development, networking, computer repairs/maintenance,
android/IOS discussions, phone and technology in general can be integrated into
this online forum. Faced with the challenges many computer sciences and
engineering students face when trying to execute some of their projects, the
researcher deem it fit to create a social platform where students can register,
log in, ask IT questions and get quality answers from users and admin, create
numerous computer and ICT related topics to inform others, and get others to
read their thoughts and projects and reply or like their post. Concerning
methodology, the system was created using PHP and MySQL. The aim of the system
is to create a discussion forum where users can create various topics, reply
topics and moderate topics by the administrator of the site or super
moderators.
