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What languages do I need to learn for what I want?

Hi,

I want to develop a site with an online course and community (forum) on it. For the site I am on my way by learning html and css. What other languages do I need for building the online course and community?

Thanks,

Simon Coates
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Simon Coates
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if handling everything yourself, maybe SQL and a server side language (python, php or ruby). But you should look at prebuilt software.

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William Li
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William Li
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You obviously also need JavaScript, and believe it or not, that's all the languages you need to build your desired site, by leveraging the power of MEAN stack or some variations of it.

Now for the community forum, it's generally a better idea to make use of a mature open-sourced forum platform than writing one from scratch on your own, Discourse is very popular choice these days.

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Thanks for your answers William and Simon!

Can you give an estimation about how many hours it would take to build those things knowing that I started to learn programming a month ago?

Simon Coates
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There are a lot of variables. You'd need to describe what you want to do in much more detail. If you can get an existing bit of software to do the heavy lifting (security/login system, UI), then add customizations (pluggable functionality from other sources or code you write). How long it will take would then be a function of what percentage of your functionality you can get prebuilt (base platform or extensions/plugins etc) and based on your requirements, how much you need to alter (this might determine your need to learn server side technologies). i'm not familiar with forum software so can't advise regarding what to get. (i assume you want an actual forum rather than just a comment section like you might get with disqus or built into a CMS)