| I don't know, I've thrown away about 30+ hours on Disgaea (PS2 Game) in the past week alone. I love coding, but Java just isn't quite the same as leveling up your characters . . .
Anyways, there is a reason people don't use VB for the web. You really should learn either ASP if you want to stay with Microsoft, or PHP if you want a real scripting language (hey, Java fanboy, remember? I'm not allowed to like Microsoft). JSP is also cool, think of it like ASP only in Java. But I think it might be a bit heavy at this point.
Perl, PHP, ASP, JSP are the technologies that run the web. Perl is fading in favor of PHP, ASP is a Microsoft-centric solution, and as I said JSP is cool but a bit much for your purposes.
Now, backend. I can't speak for ASP, but I know PHP will hook into just about any DB. I know MySQL is the standard DB, but I'd suggest you look at Postgresql. It's open source (BSD-style), and supports more advanced functionality than MySQL. For instance, in MySQL, transactions aren't implemented by default. I will admit my bias towards Postgresql, but I truly think it's a very good alternative to MySQL with it's greater functionality. |