Hi everyone,
I am essentially still learning the basics about web design, and programming. I am currently working on a project. The objective of the project is to set up a website that allows me to update books according to whether they have been read and also according to whether they are planned to be read. The site should contain information concerning the book such as its title, its author, its published date, and its publisher information.
So far, I have only come up with the basic layout of the web pages. I have created a form, that allows me to enter all the above information concerning each book. But this is all I have been able to achieve so far.
I would really appreciate it if someone were able to help me figure out how to achieve this objective.
My understanding is that, I am going to have to use a scripting of some sort, whether server-side or client-side, although I would prefer client-side scripting, which is quite simpler. Also, I might have to create a database, to hold all the books' information. So, let me see how this is going to work out, and please let me know if I am right. I need to:
- Design the basic layout of the website
- Register a domain name and find a hosting server.
- Create a database I am going to need in order to update all the user information.
- Write scripting in Html code in order to modify the web page output according to user form information.
My main question is: How do I connect my database to my scripting and then, to my webpage?
Also, what scripting languages should I use: PhP (for server-side) or maybe Javascript (for client-side)?
I am probably also going to need to use MySQL for the database.
I am really confused. I hope that someone can help me conceptually map out what I need to do in order to accomplish my objective and complete the project.