[WEB4LIB] learning db programming- tips

[Randy Norwood]

I'm partial to Perl or PHP with a MySQL database, but since you're using
Dreamweaver, you might consider another Macromedia product, Cold Fusion, for
the application layer (instead of Perl/PHP/ASP).
http://www.macromedia.com/software/coldfusion/

I had a week long training course in CF about 4 years ago, and found that
it's not my cup of tea-- I preferred not working with HTML-like tags to do
everything. But CF received a lot of positive comments from developers in a
recent Slashdot article on J2EE development,
<http://books.slashdot.org/books/05/04/20/2038246.shtml?tid=108&tid=156&tid=
6>  

Whatever software you choose, try to set up a complete
database/application/website environment on your PC or laptop. It makes
development quicker and easier, and less likely to cause problems for
existing production apps on a server.


On 04/21/05 11:03 AM, "Karen Davis" <kdavis at lawrence.lib.ks.us> wrote:

> Andrew Darby wrote:
>> Both are now running off one MySQL database, and we connect with PHP.  I
>> know you said you didn't do db programming, but it is the best way to
>> handle this sort of thing, and isn't as hard as it may seem at first
>> blush . . . . 
> 
> 
> Andrew (or anyone else who wants to chime in):
> more and more I'm resigned to having to learn db programming, but I'm dumb as
> dirt about it! 
> Could you please give me some tips on how to get started? What software do I
> need? (I use DW MX 2004 to create web pages)
> 
> 
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