Sirlaughsalot Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Im not entirely sure if y'all deal with web page creation here. I have an idea for a website though, it needs to be able to communicate with a (rather vast) database and find compatability between objects, along with displaying specs and such. I am looking for recommendations on languages, and links for those recommendations. I was thinking of using MySQL for the database, but I am not sure about the interface. Any help what-so-ever will be greatly appreciated. If I ever actually am able to create the website I am sure it will be useful to this community and I will post the URL here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
requiem Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Well I'm not very good at web design past the simple HTML side. But I'd think you want PHP (http://w3schools.com/php/default.asp, http://www.php.net/manual/en/) or maybe PERL (http://www.perl.org/books/library.html). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoderLaureate Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 PHP is pretty good. I created a web site for a local community band in PHP using MySQL on the back end. It's a powerful enough language, and best of all, it's free. MySql is definitely an excellent choice for your backend database. It too is free. It's super fast, secure, and multi-user. PHP and MySql can be hosted on Windows and Linux web servers, and Linux web hosting is pretty cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristoffer Hagen Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 I recommend using php and MySQL. If you want to do the code yourself you should install a web server on the computer you are working on. For Windows you could try WAMP and for Linux you could use LAMPP. Just google them to find a download, they are both free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subl1m1nal Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 If you're a n00b at web design like I am, try out wordpress, joomla, or drupal CMS (or maybe head over to squarespace.com/hak5). No sense in trying to reinvent the wheel. All the websites I create use one of these. It makes it simple for the client (or yourself) to keep content current. It's also highly customizable. All the CMS apps I listed run on PHP and mySQL and have plugins for just about anything you'd want. I made a website for my employer to sell vehicles. There's a plugin for that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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