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Posted by jordandey
jordandey
6,242 Points

Fantasy Football/ Database Help - for a college project

Hi,

So I'm working on a fantasy football project at college and I'm trying to make a website but I am stuck on how to make it.

I can make the website in HTML/CSS but I am not sure what the best step to do next is. I know I can start create a player database in MySQL and use PHP to make it work, but I wanted to know if this is the best way to go.

I want to make it so that every player has a budget, chooses their 11 players in that budget and they can remove/add players as well. Any help on how to make this would be great, their isn't really any rush for me with time and I am willing to learn any language that would be helpful. I know it's a long project and I have plenty of time to work on it, I just need some help on what direction to go.

Jerry Babaev
Jerry Babaev
33 Points

Man, do you need all this difficult words and codes? If you are good at football - you should check the http://www.best-bookmakers.com/ then get some betting advices. In some month you will get enough money to live like a king without you college projects:)

2 Answers

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

It almost doesnt matter, which is the great thing. You can use any of the database and backend languages to do this. PHP and MySQL would be a good choice, it probably is one of the lower bars of entry, which makes it a great entry point for new developers. I first started in MySQL and php 5 years ago. Today, I'm personally a fan of NodeJS, but it can be difficult to work with sometimes.

My advice is to spend some time going through the lessons here, PHP, Python, Ruby, Node, etc, and get a sample platter of exposure to each of them, and see if one grabs your attention more than the other.

The best choice is the one that you like enough to see the project through.

jordandey
jordandey
6,242 Points
jordandey
jordandey
6,242 Points

Thanks for the reply! PHP is something I have looked at a little bit and we've had a brief look at college as well, but I haven't used python, ruby or node so I'll have a look at them and see if any of them appeal more to me, thanks.