Pre-Development Questions

Drner

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Hello!

I am prepping to write my first program (ever! ) after not finding something that suits my needs. And it may seem odd to ask, but I'd like to know the best route in programming language I should use.

My focus is to keep a simple inventory on my computer that I can periodically synch--by plugging in URL/username/password--with online generated data. Is this a simple enough program for a first-timer? (Info from web to desktop).

So here are my questions:

What language would you use to synch data on the desktop from data online? There are auction programs that do this, I understand. Is this the same as an RSS type of browser-tool?

If I had a very basic inventory I'd like to periodically synch, would you write a VB program? Code an Excel sheet? Find an OpenSource project, gut it and customize for your particular needs?

If website-related Sitepoint may be a bit off-target for my needs--and if I can be so bold to ask--would you kindly recommend an equally respected forum that caters to programmers?

My progamming level: I am an intermediate CSS/HTML user with manual assisted PHP/MySQL skills. I plan to research and learn the appropriate languages needed for the project I have in mind.

I thank you kindly for any and all input you may have!
 
I'm not sure I entirely grasp the gist of your question , there's a lot there, and I'm lazy! If you're asking for recommendations on how to link your PC to data on the web, then if I had to do this, never having done it before, then I would probably go with XL but my choice would be because it's based on VBA which I have a reasonable grasp of. So in other words my choice wouldn't be that this is the best program, but it's the best program for me. My other choice would be Python, I have very little experience with Python, however there is a wealth of information on it, freely available on the internet. Again that would be my reasoning, how easy it is to find a solution and get help implementing that solution.

Another choice I might make, would be something like Google or Amazon. In other words an online solution, because I really need to learn one of those! Mind you having said those two, I do understand that Microsoft is making some serious advances into cloud stuff.

Anyway re-reading my response I don't think I've really helped you! Let's hope you get some other responses, I'm sure you will!
 
Yeah, you didn't provide enough details. It was mostly focused on what happens in the middle, not what the 2 endpoints look like. Those end points will drive this. So--

Tell us about where the online data is now. How do/will you consume it? Do you have a direct link to the database it is in? Or will you need to scrape a page?

Tell us about where the data is going once scraped. What will you be doing with it? What's the ultimate end product? Some printable report for management? A spreadsheet you can look at?
 

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