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Posted by Tom Lawrence
Tom Lawrence
8,685 Points

Website that takes data from a form and displays this data in a web page.

Hello,

I am wanting to make a website which lets a user fill in a form.

Once the form is submitted this data is the put into a website to form content.

The content is grouped by a type which is selected in a drop down ( for example food, drink) the users should be able to filter results.

So that's what I want to do, my question is based on the vids here at treehouse, what learning path would be best to achieve it.

Assume I need JavaScript for the data submission.

No idea what I need to store the data though, php maybe?

3 Answers

chrisp
chrisp
13,686 Points
chrisp
chrisp
13,686 Points

Hi Tom,

Reading your description, I think you can do this with HTML, a database MYSQL, SQLite, etc, and some server-side script of your choice (PHP or Ruby) both should work with storing and retrieving data on a database. I am not familiar with python, but perhaps that may be an option to.

I think JavaScript could also be an alternative if you did server-side connection using Node.js. Node I think that is either coming soon or as Pro account.

Since I am still progressing with Ruby, I would probably do this via PHP and store it in MYSQL.But whatever works best for you. Best of luck.

Tom Lawrence
Tom Lawrence
8,685 Points
Tom Lawrence
Tom Lawrence
8,685 Points

Ok thanks,

Sounds like the missing link is MYSQL then :) need to find a course on that then.

chrisp
chrisp
13,686 Points

You're welcome, Treehouse does a great job teaching Database along with MYSQL in the Development Tools > Database foundation,

Tom Lawrence
Tom Lawrence
8,685 Points
Tom Lawrence
Tom Lawrence
8,685 Points

ok thanks ill get onto that once I finished with the javascript then