Conclusion

Although the interface is not nearly complete, much was learned in the process of researching databases and interfaces and in coding the early versions of the interface. The basic principles of database organization and management and those of the design of user interfaces were employed in the version currently available--a crisply presented, informative display of the current status of the portfolio. The online user interface for tracking stock portfolios does not include features regarding previous movements of listings in question. Nor does the version reached in the Computer Systems Laboratory comprise capabilities for advice regarding future investment behavior. Despite the inability to attain all of the objectives set at the beginning of the project--an ambitious agenda, to be sure--the project successfully demonstrates the product of combining the lessons of databases and interfaces with respect to the financial world.