I want to learn to develop web sites. What do I need?

[Mark Berkwitt]

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> der.hans
> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 1:38 PM
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> Subject: Re: I want to learn to develop web sites. What do I need?
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> Am 23. Aug, 2002 schwätzte Mark Berkwitt so:
>
> > I'm preparing to begin another project and find I need to learn
> a great deal
> > about developing web sites.
> > I have a couple of books on my shelf,
> > *Dynamic HTML, O'REILLY, 1998
> > *HTML, 3rd ed., O'REILLY, "Covers HTML 4.0", 1998
> > both are unused.
> > Should I go with a development package, or just use these books(assuming
> > they're not obsolete) and use vim or emacs?
>
> Not sure what you're asking here. Do you mean something like FrontPage or
> whatever it is that ChillySoft sells?

Preferably not. But I do need to know about the different camps, their tools
and their pros and cons.

> > Additionally, what do I need to learn if I want to include a purchasing
> > feature for selling a very few products online?
>
> There are a few packages out there that already do that type of thing.
> Others on the AZPHP mailing list ( very low volume ) would be able to make
> recommendations in that arena.

I'll check into this.
>
> > Do I need to learn XML or other languages/technologies?
>
> XML is a good thing.

I'm beginning to feel like that guy in the commercial about eating 40 bowls
of cereal for one's daily vitamins.

>
> At this point I would suggest getting familiar with PHP and MySQL
> ( learning
> PostgreSQL as well is good ). Come to the meeting Tue night and you can
> learn about pros and cons of PHP and ASP.

Thanks, I've set my calendar.
>
> ciao,
>
> der.hans
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