Posted by Rik on 06/01/06 01:29

Zach wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to create a website for my lighting store where customers
> can add products to a cart and pay online. I have created one in HTML
> using a Paypal shopping cart...but it is taking way too long and will
> be too hard to update. There is a potential to list thousands of
> different lights, so I need to be able to update the website easily
> and efficiently. I'm comfortable with programs like Macromedia
> Dreamweaver, Microsoft Access, etc. and programming languages such as
> HTML and C++. What language(s) or program(s) should I use to create
> this website? Could you recommend any good tutorials? How hard do you
> think it will be to pick up the required languages considering my
> current knowledge?


Allthough this comment is tainted by my preference:
- Server side language: PHP (is easy to learn if you know C++)
- Database: mysql or postgresql (oracle rocks, but hardly appropriate in
this case..).

Allthough, referring to HTML as a "programming language"... It's Hyper Text
_Markup_ Language. It has nothing to do with programming whatsoever.

PHP and MySQL are part of many, if not most (serious), hosting packages.

Grtz,
--
Rik Wasmus

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