06-22-2013, 04:15 PM
Quick update:
Last night I spent some time evaluating web app development tools. I keep hearing about Python, Ruby on Rails, PHP, etc, but the top two still seem to be Java/JSP and .NET/C#. I do .NET/C# at work every day, so that's the way I'm going. I found some hosting sites that do .NET/SQL Server hosting, and I have access to visual studio and sql server through work.
I had also thought of deploying something with interactive elements via HTML 5, but that's going to limit my platform options down the road. So it will be basic web forms, charts, and data displays for now -- no interactive 3D maps or the like.
Next step - start up a database with the most basic possible rule set...
Last night I spent some time evaluating web app development tools. I keep hearing about Python, Ruby on Rails, PHP, etc, but the top two still seem to be Java/JSP and .NET/C#. I do .NET/C# at work every day, so that's the way I'm going. I found some hosting sites that do .NET/SQL Server hosting, and I have access to visual studio and sql server through work.
I had also thought of deploying something with interactive elements via HTML 5, but that's going to limit my platform options down the road. So it will be basic web forms, charts, and data displays for now -- no interactive 3D maps or the like.
Next step - start up a database with the most basic possible rule set...