Web Lanuage question

[drew22299]

Hey,

I want to make a website where users can login and take quizes and have their score saved, so they will effectivly have an account, then i want a score board of some sort. what is the best language to use to implement this?

Drew,

[dtmtsp]

English.

It depends who you ask, but if you are using Linux, then PHP w/ MySQL should do the trick. On Windows, ASP and MSSQL would be good. These are two of the more popular combinations for dynamic DB base web sites. If you are new to programming, then you can find a lot of examples using these languages.

Some people prefer different languages, so you will probably get some more opinions.

Good luck!

[drew22299]

Thanks, it sounds like you know your stuff. Maybe you could suggest how i can do the following using php?

I want to create a login page for users, once they have created a screen name and entered their details, is it possible to transfer the details they entered to a profile page which is automatically created with the screen name they entered as the url after the website name?

would it need to be a directory if it was to store a photo of the user and other information in the profile?

how would i be able to implement it such that when a user registers it will create a blank php profile page?

[Krishnaswamy]

There are couple of options:

1. MySQL/PHP/Apache
2. You can use PHP with IIS (Microsoft) as well.
3. MSSQL(MS ACCESS) with ASP is probably not the best way.
4. MSSQL(Express or full version) and ASP.NET is perhaps the best and the most recent which will remain for many more years.
5. ColdFusion and any ODBC compliant Database, or even JDBC
6. Java Based Server languages if you are into java

Originally Posted by drew22299

Hey,

I want to make a website where users can login and take quizes and have their score saved, so they will effectivly have an account, then i want a score board of some sort. what is the best language to use to implement this?

Drew,