Sasha,
Thank you so much for taking the time to repond to my question. I'll
get to work learning C or Perl and HTML right away. Thank you so much
for your help.
Richard
Sasha Pachev wrote:
>
> Richard Reina wrote:
> >
> > I am trying to port a DBMS application from Foxpro2.5 for DOS to linux.
> > Everything I've read says MySQL is the best but I'm not sure where I go
> > from here. I'm confident I can recreate the databases (tables) in MySQL
> > but I have no idea how I will recreate the end user screens, reports,
> > and write the programs that will manipulate them. In foxpro2.5 these
> > functions are all self contained. First, do I have to learn C, C++,
> > Pearl, PHP or all of the above? If so, can some recommend some books.
>
> Yes, at least of them. I would personally start with C,
> that would make learning the rest easier. As far as the
> books are concerned, remember that the speed/efficiency
> of learning is determined about 10% by what kind of
> resource you have and about 90% by what you do with it.
> Patiece + Determination + Time = Success
>
> > Second, the user interface does not have to be pretty, just easy for
> > the end user to use -- no immediate need to connect it to the web. Do
> > all user interfaces use the X windows system -- the X windows use up
> > quite a bit of ram, I would like to avoid this -- and if they do, are
> > they stable?
>
> In most instances building a Web interface to a database
> is much easier and portable than doing it in X Windows,
> which is the reason it is done more often. HTML can do
> what most users need, and if they really insist on more,
> you can often use a Java Applet to make them happy.
>
> >
> > I'm sorry to ask such basic questions, but if some one can tell me what
> > I need to know I will go learn it and do my best not to bother anyone,
> > and most importantly I'll be able to avoid going to MS Windows.
>
> You are on the right track, stay away from M$ Windoze,
> and learn real programming.
>
> --
> Sasha Pachev
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