Best Tools for Development
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 6:45 pm
Hi guys... I'm calling on your expert opinions. I'm rather new to this but I have a daunting task ahead of me. I would love your imput since I'm drowning in a sea of information. I'd like your ideas on a project i'm to create. I'd like the best tools and implementations you can think of. Links are most important.
I'm to create a site where there is a top 100 list. the list is to be voted on(in a form)and adjusted based on those votes. I'd like to be able to have users add new items to the database using a form(new items would need to be validated). I'd like safeguards to ensure the sanctity of the ratings(log-in?). I'd like to display the biggest gainers/losers monthly.
I'm very much a noob to this whole process. I have some programming experience but I'm rusty. What are your suggestions for attacking this project. Do i need to learn all of php and mysql? are there resources where a project like this has been made open source? are there easy ways to make this and then code it into a nice looking site?
what is the best site for learning this from the ground up?
your help is very much appreciated.
-Erik Ferguson.

I'm to create a site where there is a top 100 list. the list is to be voted on(in a form)and adjusted based on those votes. I'd like to be able to have users add new items to the database using a form(new items would need to be validated). I'd like safeguards to ensure the sanctity of the ratings(log-in?). I'd like to display the biggest gainers/losers monthly.
I'm very much a noob to this whole process. I have some programming experience but I'm rusty. What are your suggestions for attacking this project. Do i need to learn all of php and mysql? are there resources where a project like this has been made open source? are there easy ways to make this and then code it into a nice looking site?
what is the best site for learning this from the ground up?
your help is very much appreciated.
-Erik Ferguson.