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> But since I have no experience in developing (neither web nor other) I'd try and get some basic programming in first. Javascript makes sense if web development is the end goal.
Learn from W3Schools tutorials HTML http://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp PHP+MySQL http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_mysql_connect.asp
Of course, choosing another language (Python, Ruby, whatever) will likely mean choosing a framework and the package manager for that language, but with PHP you have to decide whether or not to use package management or a framework on your own. The minimum viable product version of this as I see it can be done within a single PHP file, so it could be argued that the extra complexity isn't strictly necessary.
If you're working in Windows, Xampp[1] makes it very easy to set up a local server and test PHP applications on your own machine.
Miguel Grinberg created an awesome step-by-step guide for building Python Flask applications: http://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/the-flask-mega-tutorial-...
Try Base Rails: https://www.baserails.com It's not free, but you can run through at least one of their full blown web app tutorials in less than a month so you'll only pay $25. I've been helping a friend who is trying to learn to build webapps and this has been his favorite resource so far.
If you go with PHP, I would suggest learning how to use Composer[0], PHP's sort of de facto package manager, to organize your project. What you're describing seems like a really simple application, but even so, with dependency management, a router and the PSR autoloader it's much, much easier. Of course, choosing another language (Python, Ruby, whatever) will likely mean choosing a framework and the package manager f…
I was thinking to use either a virtual machine or the LAMPP stack on my NAS/Raspberry. I tried Xampp, but it kind of screwed with my installation back than. Plus, the Pi isn't really doing anything, time to change that.
Learn from W3Schools tutorials HTML http://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp PHP+MySQL http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_mysql_connect.asp
thanks, those look like really nice ressources. Bookmarked.
Sounds to me like indexing the magazines is perhaps the most challenging aspect of this.
Miguel Grinberg created an awesome step-by-step guide for building Python Flask applications: http://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/the-flask-mega-tutorial-...