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Gustavo Barrera
704 PointsChoosing my university final project
Hi I have chosen to develop a salon website with an online booking system. I would like to hear opinions regarding the complexity of the chosen project. Is a booking system to complicated to build? I have studied php and mysql which are the technologies I am intending to use alongside HTML 5.
Many thanks...
1 Answer
Dane Parchment
Treehouse Moderator 11,077 PointsTo be honest my friend that is the type of question you need to answer yourself, how comfortable are you with OOP, Data Structures, MySQL or any other Database? A booking system can be quite complex, if you haven't done one before, there are a lot of things to consider. Also you need to be aware of PHP security, and how to keep your application safe from Cross Site Scripting, SQL Injections, etc. You will need to use a back-end programming language and a database alongside html5/css3 if you want to create a website with that type of feature (if you are creating the booking application itself as well), because html5 doesn't have the ability to create something that complex.
At the end of the day, only you can really answer if you are ready or not to tackle such a task, but if you want my professional opinion, make sure you are comfortable programming in PHP/MYQSL/HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript, before you dive into a website like that.
Have FUN!