   Ebay Development
  Hi all,So after much thought I have finally decided that I want to go into web development. I know a bit of html/css and intermediate java/c#/c++. I was thinking of going with ASP.net C# way. Do you recommend this?Now you must be thinking what do I really want to do. Well, I actually don't really know, but what I do know is I want to be able to develop for example Ebay from scratch. What all knowledge do I need to have?Thanks in advance!   
  1. you didn't mention database knowledge. you will want this.2. Most web design I've done has been more design and less language centric. I'd concentrate on learning good design principles over worrying about languages.edit: I mean software design not art design if that was not apparent.   ;Quote:Original post by musafir2007[...]to develop for example Ebay from scratch. What all knowledge do I need to have?[...]Hi musafir2007,ebay is nothing more than some php and css .... AND some mighty DB stuff.You can do an ebay clone quite fast, just some php (or ASP) and mysql (or any other DB). We did this for a test. Are you doing this just for fun or to operate this as a business?Fun: No problem at all. Learn a bit about Databases and it should work just fine. Make a nice design. There are many tutorials on the net.Business:The big problem for ebay is not the design ... it is the massive number of users. You have to know just about every Database trick there is and optimize your code to insane levels.And if you somehow managed this ... security, security, security. Ebay handles transactions worth millions of dollars every day. That involves thousands of (very private) banking data sets and private adresses.To be able to run this on a business level you need to have someone who really knows this stuff and has years of experience. You cannot just pick up a book, read it and be able to secure a system like ebay.--GWDev;  Thanks guys!I think ebay was just an example and I didn't know it was actually nothing more than php/css :pI am in university now and this would probably be my side income (backup perhaps) once I graduate.Basically I feel that everything is moving towards the web and it will be quite big when I graduate. I just need a direction to go into. Right now I don't know how and where to start.I have just been looking at some general web development jobs and they want you to know some programming languages like ASP, PHP. For example I would be interested in following position, but right now have very little idea about what they really want. lol-----------------------Specific Skills: Develop web site architecture and determine hardware and software requirements, Source, select and organize information for inclusion and design the appearance, layout and flow of the web site, Create and optimize content for web site using a variety of graphics, database, animation and other softwareProgramming Languages:ASP, HTML, Java Script, PHP ------------------------Also can you give me some example of what ASP.net/c# is capable of?   ;Quote:Original post by musafir2007Also can you give me some example of what ASP.net/c# is capable of?- This site- Microsoft.comTo get started with ASP watch some tutorials here:http://www.microsoft.com/germany/msdn/webcasts/finder/default.mspxor herehttp://www.asp.net/--GWDev   