newbie - need early guidance

HI all

I am very new to coding and although I know how things work and what you can do with code and visual design I don't really have experience!

I would like some very basic advise on what coding front end to look into i.e. c++, VB, Web etc.

I am interested in learning to develop a basic system for my cafe that would enable a customer to go through a graphical experience in building their coffee order. I would ideally like to create something that would work well IN the cafe via a touchscreen or on the Internet from their desktop.

Now this is only basic stuff I'm not looking to build a go to market system but just something that applies to my daily life while giving me something new and challenging to look into.

Any guidance would be much appreciated!

Alfo,

I'm glad to hear that you would like to educate yourself in designing / programming / implementing a website.
In my opinion it is this very early stage that is the most important.
It is in this stage that you decide exactly what it is that your site will do and how it will do it.

My advice is to sit down with a pencil and paper and decide on some of the following options:
Will users be required to:
1) Login / Register - if yes
a) before they begin the process of placing an order
b) if they try to place an order
2) How will you accept payment? Cash, credit cards, e-checks, paypal...
3) What are all of the other high level functionalities that you'd like your site to offer?

Regarding what language to use, I much prefer C# (no particular reason, VB.Net is also a great and simple language to use).
It will have no impact on how your site looks to your customers. This is something that is purely up to you.
I do however recommend 2 books (possibly 3 or 4) that will help you greatly in reducing your learning curve and aid you in applying new concepts / ideas in real life situations:
1) Beginning ASP.Net e-commerce in c#. I have the 2005 edition. I'm not sure if there is a newer version or not.
2) Beginning asp.Net in C#.
3) Any beginners SQL book.
4) Any book for HTML / CSS.

If you have any questions or would like any advice let me know.
I used the first 2 books to help me build my first .Net website (https://www.theproductpad.com) and am very greatful for the help that these books gave me.

Good luck,
Michael

thanks

i remember the days when I wrote basic code for ZX Spectrum but now im a little lost!!

I will look into the books.

Aflo

Newbie Help -- .net and static HTML

Whew... hopefully my questions will get more elaborate as I use this more... this is probably as basic as I could get.
I come from a web design background... haven't done web programmingbefore barring some CFML. Now I'm responsible for coming up to speed onASP.net + VB for work needs...
So here's my basic question.
I created a graphical HTML header for a website I'm building. Iwant to make this a global header across the application, so I want tocall it in each time a page loads. Also, I have navigationbuttons that I want to be able to program VB behind to perform certainactions (mostly just page loads). I really don't know how to addthis header to my web application so as to be able to call it in...once its created, Im confident I can muddle through creating objectsfrom the buttons and programming the VB behind them that I need.
I just frankly can't figure out how to integrate the HTML header (and graphics) with the web application.
Can anyone enlighten me? I couldnt' find an article here about that, so I'm posting.
Thanks so much!
Welcome to Asp.net!
ASP.NEt provides you with the capability to create user controls. UserControls is just like a page but it does not contain the form tag. UserControls are used to divide the pages into small sections so that pageis easy to modify in the future.
So, in your case you can make a user control for the header, footer.Once the user control is created you can simply place it (Drag andDrop) on the page and thats it. Your user control can be placed in allthe pages you have. If later you want to change something in the headersection of the page you simply change the user control and thats it.Once the user control is changed it will take effect on all the pagesthat contain it.
A good tutorial isExtensive Examination of User Controls.


That's pretty much what I needed to know, thanks very much =)
I'll check out that tutorial right now. Thanks again!