E-Business info please

[bankp]

Hi, I'm about to journey into the E-Business world with little weapons but strong application programming and little knowledge of Database and Web.
I would like to know all the information possible about these realms

Client Side: which to use? javascript? plan html? css(what is it?)?
Server Side: which to use? php? asp? considering large database
Database: mysql? oracle?


please advise me on the advantages and disadvantages of each recommended (considering load times, attractiveness, large database)

any tutorial links on the subject recommended would be much appreciated

anything I miss please state, anything concerning E-Business and Web that I should consider

thanks in advance.


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[Compumaniac12]

Client Side: which to use? javascript? plan html? css(what is it?)?
You Will want to Use XHTML and CSS if possible,
xhtml is the latest and most proper version of html coding (for on page data), its very strict
css is the styling of an html file, its a seperate file and coding, but its a no data all styling code, so stuff like font size and color, borders, ect.
Also, if you really get into it javascript can be very convenient to do advanced client side stuff.

Server Side: which to use? php? asp? considering large database
PHP is simple, and effective, i would recommend it for any settup. i have a bias mind tho because i havent really tried asp.

Database: mysql? oracle?
Mysql is good for small-medium databases orcale is good for rediculously large, either is probably ok in your place.

hope that helps, Comp

[bankp]

Thanks alot, any more info from anyone else would be much appreciated

[snow]

I have used both PHP and asp.net, and I still don't know which I would pick for preference. Both are free, Asp.net can be really handy for displaying masses of data without much coding - and may be more logical for you if you come from an applications background (also, the scripting can be done with C or VB syntax (there are plans to support Python and others too I believe, but don't quote me on that)). However, if you are wanting to host your site on anything other than a windows server, you're probably best to go for PHP (also, hosts that allow you to have .aspx documents tend to more expensive). There are a few other server side coding options - but these are the two most common.

Again, with databases, if you're going to use MsSql, expect to pay a premium for your hosting (and the same problems with restrictions to windows servers). There's a perfectly fine express edition free, so initial outlay isn't a problem. Speaking of express editions - Oracle have also followed Microsoft into producing one. I personally would use one of these two options - they have a large capacity for expansion if you ever wanted to increase you're database for extreme commercial use. MySQL is completely free and very nice, but there are some problems when you get down to the referential integrity, which means that it isn't the best option for large, serious businesses (Although if you do go with PHP as your scripting language, the two seem to go nicely hand-in-hand).
I wouldn't worry much about your choice of database when learning - their syntax' are all so similar it is simple to switch between them.


I'm not sure what level you would want the tutorials aimed at, how new to all of this are you?


Hope it all goes well for you,
Snow

[bankp]

Thanks for the info, the Tutorials should be beginner type, however, I would like for more extensive tutorials with examples, the getdata, save data tutorials are nice, but they don't do much for tricks and real uses. Any link will do, all if you will, I'll sort though what I need and don't need myself to save you the trouble and save me from missing out on things. Thanks alot again. Any more info is appreciated.

[bankp]

Also If there're already threads that addressed to this issue that i've missed, please post the link, or any thread that have any relavance to this topic, thanks