New to web development

[tony888]

So I was bored today at work and came up with the idea of developing some web application that can be used by family members in my house but have no idea where to start. I've done some basic programming with python using the standard python interpreter, done very little reading on html and know some SQL. As I am walking to unknown territory there are a few thing i not sure about:

Do I need to run a server to host the web app or can I use a NAS (stupid question i know)?
Can you recommend some reading materials (websites / books)
Anything else I should know ?

I was thinking of doing an application that allows the user to search a database to see if we have a certain film/mp3, if so show the filename and directory. If no they can send a request which sends an email to me with the requested film

Thanks

 

[Stelly]

nope... server not required

You can install IIS and SQL (sql express) on any Windows OS....

I recommend looking at visual studio express (web edition) its free and plenty of online help... if you use steam or msn let me know and I will add you

As for coding asp.net (using C#)

Stelly

 

[fez]

Personally I would look at getting WAMP and just using php instead of .NET.

 

[Staffy]

If you have already done some python then why not use one of the Python web frameworks out there django, Turbogears etc..? They are more than capable of running any site large or small. Doing it with one of these could reduce the learning curve quite a bit.

You can get it all up and running with a simple install something like xampp with the python addon.

Here is a link which looks at a couple: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/702179/django-vs-other-python-web-frameworks