I've been doing a little research on this same subject as of late, and I've come to the conclusion that ASP .NET is probably the best way to go for a number of reasons. It's available from most IDE's including Delphi's. It can be run from Linux or Windows servers. Can be used with a variety of database engines and formats. And it appears it will be with us for a long time as it's designed for .NET.
from: Robert Meek at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] dba "Tangentals Design" home of "PoBoy" freeware Windows apps and utilities located at: www.TangentalsDesign.com Proud to be a moderator for the "Delphi Programming Lists" at: elists.org -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Colburn Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 2:54 PM To: Borland's Delphi Discussion List Subject: Getting Started in Web Scripting Hi all -- I'd like to learn about web scripting and Delphi and, to be honest, I have no idea where to start. I've got an intermediate understanding of Delphi and also HTML, though the only forms I've made had info simply posted via e-mail. I know I've got access to a server running Apache in which I can run CGI scripts in a couple languages, and to a server running a Windows OS. I could also run a server from my desktop if necessary; my IP address is fixed. What I ultimately want to do is fairly simple. I'd like to create a program that will let my students do online surveys--enter in the items and response choices, post the survey to the web, have people respond online, have respondent data saved in a simple spreadsheet format (CSV would be OK), and then easily access the spreadsheet data (perhaps by having the file e-mailed periodically or on demand from a specified URL). Can anyone point me where to start? I'm not looking for the code, and I am looking forward to learning everything I need to know ... I just don't know what that is :-) Do I need to learn something like JavaScript? Do I need to use Delphi's .NET personality? ... Just point me to some lessons & I'll take it from there! As always, thanks a million -- Al C. _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi
