Okay so here's what I want to do.

It will be a database of inventory. I want to have a Page where I can add a stock item and it will be added to a database, some kind of search function so I can check how much of a certain stock I have. Also probably a way to delete and that sort of thing.

I think it's a pretty standard sort of thing.

I know html, JavaScript. I'm not sure how useful they will be for the.bulk of this. I assume I'll have to learn sql.

If there is source or even good tutorials people can recommend for me to read and get started on or any advice that would be awesome.

who is your audience? easiest way is just to use a spreadsheet. put it on google docs if you want it shared across multiple computers. it supports all your requirements and it's really easy to maintain and no coding involved.

i'm sure there are a lot of out-of-the-box software you can use for it if your company will spend a bit of money.

if you insist on writing an app, do you have someone who can maintain/configure it for you? if it's a web app, it needs to be deployed to a web / app server. you'll need someone to install/maintain your database on a server, regular backups, etc. you don't have to learn sql, but IMO that would be the easiest solution.

This post was edited by carteblanche on Jul 20 2015 08:25pm

It will only be like 4 people that will be using it.

This isn't something that's actually required by my company, it's just something that I'd like to attempt making. Just to learn some new skills and stuff during my free time.

I don't have anyone that can do those things but I'd love to learn myself. I already have a websever(?) that I've played around with in the past, made a site from scratch.

I've done a bit more reading and is this the sort of thing that I'd need to make? https://css-tricks.com/php-for-beginners-building-your-first-simple-cms/

This post was edited by SpainCreed on Jul 20 2015 08:56pm

i suggest being careful about using your personal hardware/programs/etc for work.

with that said, you can use whatever you want if it's just for your own learning. that site should be fine. personally i'm not a fan of php, but if it works for you, then go with it.

PHP would be very very useful for this also. w3schools.com should have everything you need.

Basic adding to a database and searching is insanely easy. I've been doing sql all summer for an internship so if you need help you can send me a pm.

IMO if you have a windows based server learn asp.net r@zor. With it you will be able to wield most of the power you would have with php and its much easier to pickup. It is html embedded with c# straight in the file allowing you output static html pages that are dynamic and have rich data access. This project would be the perfect starting point for you if you understand what i'm saying http://www.asp.net/web-pages/overview/getting-started/introducing-aspnet-web-pages-2/getting-started. Has a really cool database setup if you do all the parts in the series it takes like 5-6 hours if you actually read and try to understand the code copy and paste it after you read the entire code line by line and after he breaks down what everything is doing. C# is a lot like JavaScript and is arguably a much better language to understand first JavaScript wont throw errors a lot of the time that c# will making you understand JavaScript much better coming from c#. All my opinion though.