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How Feasible is this?

Jul 19, 2012 1:46 PM

Tags: #help #server #database #users #cs6 #account #coding

So I have a CS6 books and Dreamweaver 6. My goal is to set out and make a site that a user can register on, create an account, and then select multiple options. These options are then updated weekly from a database and the user's choices are there updated and compared with other users.

 

I know some HTML and a little bit of Java. Am I getting in too far over my head? Are there any decent tutorials that show some of these aspects?

211 Views   1 Reply   Latest reply: Rob Hecker2, Jul 19, 2012 2:37 PM
 
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    Jul 19, 2012 2:37 PM   in reply to scottgoldsmith
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    When you say you "know a little bit of Java," do you mean Java or Javascript? They are completely different. I'm guessing that you mean Javascript because people don't generally "know a little bit of Java."

     

     

    The application you describe would require server side scripting and a database. Most of us would use PHP and MySQL for this with some javascript functions. Dreamweaver provides some automated server side scripting/database management, but not for real world professional use. For a serious application you would write all the code from scratch. Seriously.

     

    This is advanced work, and learning Dreamweaver will no more give you the skills to do it than learning Autocad would make you an architect.

     

    But I don't mean to discourage you. If you are really motivated and have a year to kill, go for it, and start with PHP Solutions by David Powers because PHP is the language most of us would use for 90% of this project.

     
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