Dreamweaver or Visual Basic

• StarPuppy

  4 Jun 07, 09:14

  i am going to create a web site which is quite simple and uses database..however i am a user who is not really strong in scripting...what platform is user-friendly for the newbie of scripting?
  
  thanks
  StarPuppy
  
  
• Takumi2eLimit

  4 Jun 07, 09:20

  give me dreamweaver any day.
• gobez14

  4 Jun 07, 09:21

  Dreamweaver
• dark_snowboy

  4 Jun 07, 10:02

  if your using the versions before dreamweaver 8, forget it
  
  but i suggest you try both before you come to a conclusion, if you have time.
  
  are you trained in any programming language?
• StarPuppy

  4 Jun 07, 10:06

  Originally posted by dark_snowboy:

  if your using the versions before dreamweaver 8, forget it
  
  but i suggest you try both before you come to a conclusion, if you have time.
  
  are you trained in any programming language?

  not really
  
  i have exprience on
  
  Javascript
  .ASP
  MySQL
  Visul Basic
  
  although i would say i am not very strong in it
  
  i used before DreamWeaver MX( I think its MX)
  
  
  
• dark_snowboy

  4 Jun 07, 10:07

  sorry, didnt see that you mentioned visual basic..
  if its VIsual Studio 2005 you can give it a try
  
  anyway there are guides out on the internet that can teach you how to create a dynamic/static website
• dark_snowboy

  4 Jun 07, 10:09

  Originally posted by StarPuppy:

  not really
  
  i have exprience on
  
  Javascript
  .ASP
  MySQL
  Visul Basic
  
  although i would say i am not very strong in it
  
  i used before DreamWeaver MX( I think its MX)
  
  
  

  Dreamweaver MX not buggy meh?
  why don't you try C# this time round?
• ChingAlvin

  4 Jun 07, 10:43

  If its the Visual Studio version, use that.
• dark_snowboy

  4 Jun 07, 10:46

  Originally posted by ChingAlvin:

  If its the Visual Studio version, use that.

  Visual Studio and Visual Basic are different isn't it?
  
  
• ndmmxiaomayi

  4 Jun 07, 13:24

  Visual Basic is programming, Visual Studio is the IDE for Visual Basic and other Microsoft-related stuffs.
  
  There's a script version of VB, known as VBScript, but I don't think it can handle database.
  
  If you want to use scripting and database, try PHP.
  
  Download XAMPP and set up your PC as a server to try out the scripts and install MySQL. It's very easy, but there's no such thing as click click click. You write your own scripts.
  
  Otherwise, use Visual Studio and ASP.Net... not my favourite anyway, I didn't flunk this for fun.
  
  Or if you want to click click click and done, get Visual Studio Express. It's really click click click and done.
  
  Or if you want, try Oracle. But it's not free.
  
  You can learn PHP from these sites:
  
  http://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp
  http://www.learnphpfree.com/forum_topics.php
  http://www.phpbuddy.com/
  http://www.tizag.com/phpT/
  
  Or if you would prefer a book, get Beginning PHP, published by Wrox. It's red in colour, with human faces as the front cover.
  
  Another good one would be The Complete Reference of PHP... white colour book. It's a pretty thick book, but simple with lots of references.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  4 Jun 07, 13:27

  Originally posted by StarPuppy:

  not really
  
  i have exprience on
  
  Javascript
  .ASP
  MySQL
  Visul Basic
  
  although i would say i am not very strong in it
  
  i used before DreamWeaver MX( I think its MX)
  
  
  

  Your school very weird, trained in MySQL but all these languages basically don't match.
  
  You sure it's MySQL and not MSSQL?
  
  MySQL is open-sourced, MSSQL is by MS... not free.
  
  Since you are trained in mostly MS languages... then go with MS.
• StarPuppy

  4 Jun 07, 13:30

  Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:

  Download XAMPP and set up your PC as a server to try out the scripts and install MySQL. It's very easy, but there's no such thing as click click click. You write your own scripts.
  
  Or if you would prefer a book, get Beginning PHP, published by Wrox. It's red in colour, with human faces as the front cover.
  
  

  thanks mayi...i got a small problem
  
  XAMPP requires IIS right? I dun have Win XP Pro CD to activate IIS..is there anyway i can activate IIS?
  
  i know wat you mean, i have a book which is also from Wrox..which teaches Beginning Programming
  
  
• ndmmxiaomayi

  4 Jun 07, 13:32

  Originally posted by StarPuppy:

  thanks mayi...i got a small problem
  
  XAMPP requires IIS right? I dun have Win XP Pro CD to activate IIS..is there anyway i can activate IIS?
  
  i know wat you mean, i have a book which is also from Wrox..which teaches Beginning Programming
  
  

  No... XAMPP doesn't require IIS... because it's a totally different kind of server...
  
  XAMPP is totally open-sourced, and uses another server known as Apache... (that's what the A in XAMPP stands for)
  
  And don't get Beginning Programming... one of the most useless books by them in my opinion... it gives you headstart... but not exactly a headstart.
• StarPuppy

  4 Jun 07, 13:34

  Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:

  Your school very weird, trained in MySQL but all these languages basically don't match.
  
  You sure it's MySQL and not MSSQL?
  
  MySQL is open-sourced, MSSQL is by MS... not free.
  
  Since you are trained in mostly MS languages... then go with MS.

  yeah :lo:
  
  its like i go where the flow goes...
  
  School teaches
  VB.ASP (dunno if VB is ASP or is different)
  Javascripting
  MYSQL
  HTML
  
  sometimes i dunno wad my school is teaching, i heard from those who are working that most of wat they are teaching now is useless in the working world( as in they dun use it anymore) ..just teach anyhow just to get their pay packets
  
• StarPuppy

  4 Jun 07, 13:37

  Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:

  No... XAMPP doesn't require IIS... because it's a totally different kind of server...
  
  XAMPP is totally open-sourced, and uses another server known as Apache... (that's what the A in XAMPP stands for)
  
  And don't get Beginning Programming... one of the most useless books by them in my opinion... it gives you headstart... but not exactly a headstart.

  hmmm...actually i am quite comfy with Javascripting however what i am doing requires database so i was thinking..can javascripting use on database?
  
  i am pretty clueless on what each programming offers...i think i better go check it up
  
  
  
  hmm...i better go look in the library for the books again
• ndmmxiaomayi

  4 Jun 07, 13:40

  Originally posted by StarPuppy:

  yeah :lo:
  
  its like i go where the flow goes...
  
  School teaches
  VB.ASP (dunno if VB is ASP or is different)
  Javascripting
  MYSQL
  HTML
  
  sometimes i dunno wad my school is teaching, i heard from those who are working that most of wat they are teaching now is useless in the working world( as in they dun use it anymore) ..just teach anyhow just to get their pay packets
  

  VB - Not obsolete, but not the programmer's choice. Because it's pretty limited, although one can create great programs with it.
  
  ASP - sorry, me not fan of MS, but it's required if you work with web.
  
  JS - Almost every website uses that.
  
  HTML - nearly obsolete, most use XHTML together with CSS.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  4 Jun 07, 13:41

  Originally posted by StarPuppy:

  hmmm...actually i am quite comfy with Javascripting however what i am doing requires database so i was thinking..can javascripting use on database?
  
  i am pretty clueless on what each programming offers...i think i better go check it up
  
  
  
  hmm...i better go look in the library for the books again

  I have not seen JS with database... or at least I don't know it exists.
  
  PHP, ASP, Perl, Python I know can...
• R3SsH|n

  4 Jun 07, 13:43

  asp.
• 4getmenot

  4 Jun 07, 21:35

  go php with database.. since there are more open source php scripts which u can download and tweak to integrate into a website without having to spend lots of time doing it from scratch.