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karinne
Karinne Legault is a Programmer Analyst working in Federal Government in Canada now working on .NET projects which she is still trying to get to grips with.

Her passion however is Web Design where she has 10 years experience. In the early years, just getting to grips with the movement of Web Standards being an integral part of the services she offers. You can view her portfolio site at KarinneLegault.com

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Where should I start with the whole web development thing?

So you've learned HTML and CSS and have been designing a few sites that are rockin', but now you want to know how to do things like login pages, administration sections, blog systems, etc.

The first thing you need to sort out is which server-side language you want to use: PHP or ASP (.NET).

I'll tell you right now that in the web world of today, there are more applications or CMS's (Content Management Systems) developed in PHP than in ASP, so you might want to start learning that language first.

The next thing you need is for your hosting provider to set you up with a MySQL database so you can store all your information in there.

So now you have all that. Where do you begin?

Start with simple things like writing a form and sending the information gathered to the database and then getting your information from your database onto a web page.

Those two things are what you will likely be using the most in every web applications you create.

Next step: find something you want to create, whether it's an administration section, a blog system or a shopping cart. Pick one and run with it.

In the PHP section of Webforumz we have great stickies that can help you get started with PHP and MySQL.

Good luck and most of all ... HAVE FUN!


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