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sudhir182 · 08-13-2011, 02:24 PM

Hi all,
I have to design a web based monitoring software like the one opennms or any monitoring software which will monitor few nodes deployed in field. I am confused should I go ahead with php + sql OR javascript +sql. Well I am newbie in both of the scenario so need helpful advice so that I can learn and make one.

xiaozhu · 08-15-2011, 04:39 AM

Thank you for share!

Rukbat · 09-04-2011, 12:14 AM

You use Javascript in the client and PHP+SQL on the server. IOW, yes. (You can't use Javascript in the client or PHP on the server - each serves a different function. You need all 3 of them.)

Without at least a little programming knowledge (for instance, you don't need to know about classes for this job), you're probably not going to be able to make anything that works. Learn programming first, then PHP, then Javascript, then SQL (that's about the order of difficulty, from easiest to most difficult), and some HTML and CSS to make the page itself.