[PLUG] Starting up a web page

[Jason Van Cleve]

That all depends on what you want your site to do.  If it's just static
content, it'll work almost anywhere, and any hosting service will work.  If
your site has to "think", then you'll want to select an appropriate
server-side technology.  I write Java servlets and JSP, but there are many
options.  You may find PHP easier to learn, and probably more hosting shops
will support it.

Once you've selected a platform (HTML version, server-side
scripting/programming language, possibly a database), you'll find lots of
online documentation.  And if you're developing in linux, JEdit is a good
editor that runs on Java.

--Jason V. C.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-bounces at lists.pdxlinux.org 
> [mailto:plug-bounces at lists.pdxlinux.org] On Behalf Of Wayne 
> E. Van Loon Sr.
> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 9:21 PM
> To: plug at lists.pdxlinux.org
> Subject: [PLUG] Starting up a web page
> 
> 
> Hello all:
> I am interested in having my ISP host a web site for my small 
> business. 
> I am a C / C++ programmer that specializes in industrial 
> automation, but 
> I know nothing about web site development.
> 
> It seems reasonable to me that I should be able to code and 
> test my web 
> site on one of my Linux systems and when it is complete, sign the 
> agreement with my ISP (Pacifier) to have them serve up the pages. Is 
> this reasonable?
> 
> If you knew nothing about web development, where would you 
> start? What 
> would you read? What tools would you use?
> 
> Wayne
> 
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