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Posted by pedrolabori
pedrolabori
4,917 Points

Personal Project / Two Questions / What Direction? I have a two personal projects that I would love to create.

I have a two personal projects that I would love to create.

First, I want to make a web page that clients could enter their name and email so that they could receive newsletters. Also so that I could see how many subscribers the page has at any time.

Secondly, I want to make a web application review game that ask questions with 4 answer options for each individual question. I would want them to be able to track their results.

I have prior HTML, CSS, and basic Javascript.

Please guide me in the correct direction that I should take to accomplish my goal. Should I be looking at a different programming language to get the job done?

I'm trying to save time and money in the process.

Thank you,

4 Answers

Ted Sumner
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Ted Sumner
Courses Plus Student 17,967 Points
Ted Sumner
Ted Sumner
Courses Plus Student 17,967 Points

For both projects I think you need a back end language like PHP. as far as priority, whatever interests you most.

Julian Aramburu
Julian Aramburu
11,368 Points
Julian Aramburu
Julian Aramburu
11,368 Points

As Ted pointed, you should learn a back end language. Also you would need to use a Database so learning SQL would come in handy when trying to update something to the db. Even tho I don't think I fully understand your question :P!

Cheers!

Derek Briggs
Derek Briggs
2,817 Points
Derek Briggs
Derek Briggs
2,817 Points

You should use Python or Ruby to build sites to do these. I personally prefer Ruby. There is a web Framework called Ruby On Rails and it'd be nice for projects like these. If not you should use Python. The two biggest Python web frameworks are Django and Flask. All 3 of these are taught on TeamTreehouse so do a little research on their pros and cons, and then pick one.

pedrolabori
pedrolabori
4,917 Points
pedrolabori
pedrolabori
4,917 Points

Thank you guys for your input. I am learning PHP.

Thank you