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J. Isaac Rios
J. Isaac Rios
4,334 Points

hi, I want to learn to build pages to sell things, which skills do you suggest me to start learning?

I want to learn how to build pages, so I started with the frontend development course. But right now I have to create a page to sell things, and I'm not sure which path or skills should I learn.

4 Answers

Michael Fish
Michael Fish
7,804 Points

Hey J. Issac,

You have a couple options here. If you are just wanting to get an e-commerce site online and start selling as quick as possible I would go with Wordpress. You can easily get hosting and buy a theme on themeforest.com and get that running at lightning speed.

If you want to learn how to build your own e-commerce site I would start with the front end track. Learn HTML & CSS first then move on to JavaScript. That takes care of the front end part but in order to track all the data and get information from the server you will need to learn PHP, Ruby, or Python. PHP would probably be the quickest way to get going on the server but I personally prefer Ruby. You also need to know about databases such as SQL, MySQL, or MongoDB. I would go with MySQL.

Good Luck, Mike

J. Isaac Rios
J. Isaac Rios
4,334 Points

Thx Mike, I was a little bit confused, becouse I just watched the Php track, and I think It could help

Andres Altuve
Andres Altuve
16,274 Points

J. Isaac the fastest way to achieve this is learn Wordpress and then WooCommerce.. You could also learn PHP, PHP OOB, PHP Functions and jump into Wordpress Development track and then How to build a theme for WooCommerce which will be realeased on September!

J. Isaac Rios
J. Isaac Rios
4,334 Points

Thanks Andres, guess I have to look for a lot more info. I would like to learn more about e-commerce.

jason chan
jason chan
31,009 Points

http://teamtreehouse.com/library/build-a-simple-php-application this class he also does it mysql too

or

install wordpress and woocommerce plugin. No programming required it's just data entry.

J. Isaac Rios
J. Isaac Rios
4,334 Points

hello,

thanks so much for your help, I want to learn how to build the e-commerce, so I think is going to be a long road of learning, but It will worth it :) first I need to finish the frontend development track :D

have an awesome day, and again thank you so much