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pazforeva · Sep 20th, 2005, 2:02 PM

Hi, im doin a coure at college and i need some info for an assignment. What are the minimum pc specs required for web programming and what are the recommened. Also, could anyone recommend software for web programming.
This would be a big help, Thanks.

Dizzutch · Sep 20th, 2005, 2:22 PM

for programming you can use any machine possible, as long as it has a text-editor, for the webserver it really depends how many hits you get. but anything will do. For the longest time i had a webserver running on a 166Ghz with 32MB of RAM.

stevengs · Sep 20th, 2005, 2:27 PM

That certainly is a strange question. I would recommend an Editor

. Anything from WordPad to vi/emacs or any other all purpose editor, whatever your favorite is. You can also use editors like Bluefish or Quanta, which have been 'enhanced' to make web programming easier. There are lots of editors out there. Dreamweaver, CoffeeCup, HTMLEdit, Phase5, etc. etc. Whatever you feel most comfortable with (many require a high tolerance of bells and whistles

). Most IDE's will do the job as well.

Infinite Recursion · Sep 20th, 2005, 3:28 PM

pc specs = ANY
software = see above... I prefer VI in Linux and TextPad in Windows.

LegionZero · Sep 20th, 2005, 3:48 PM

minimum specs: you can make a website any bitmap editor (paint, gimp, photoshop) you can use any platform to make the site and in my experience if you stick as close as you can to wc3 standards your site can be viewed well enough on most browsers.

The htm code can be done using any text editor as long as you save it as a valid extension (htm, html, etc.)

Best software to use, in my experience there is no better webdesign software than Macromedia Dreamweaver it can be run on most systems using 128 RAM (256 is preferred) and about 600MHZ processor speed (though 800 is preferred)

Best image creation software for web has to be #1 Photoshop and #2 Gimp, the only thing that makes photoshop better is that you can easily do slices and save compressed images ready for web, you can also integrate on your images rollovers and export them as such. The rollovers photoshop creates work on most major browsers, the only drawback is the javascript it generates for the rollovers is quite extensive, every byte counts for fast loading times for your page. (same specs as mentioned above)

bl00dninja · Sep 21st, 2005, 12:29 AM

i think you'd be hard pressed to find a computer incapable of doing web programming.

iignotus · Sep 21st, 2005, 1:04 AM

Well, the biggest part of web programming is the rendering of the site you made. If you're using things like flash, java, or extensive javascript, you'll need a high-class PII or so with at least 128MB of ram. It may not sound like much to most people, but it's a bit better than what most people have "laying around", if anything.

bl00dninja · Sep 21st, 2005, 1:31 AM

lmao!!!!!!!!!

here's why...

i actually DO HAVE a 128MB dim lying around, it was in the glove compartment of my wife's jeep for awhile, i don't know where it is now.

:p

stevengs · Sep 21st, 2005, 5:07 AM

lol, it doesn't take much to tickle bn.

Was that DIMM there for an emergency or what!?! :p

Flashlight, check!
Lugwrench, check!
Jack, check!
Spare tire, check!
128MB DIMM, check!

pazforeva · Sep 21st, 2005, 11:31 AM

Thanks, you have all been really helpful

Sep 20th, 2005, 2:27 PM	#3
stevengs Professional Programmer Join Date: May 2005 Location: Bad Nauheim, Germany Posts: 436 Rep Power: 4	That certainly is a strange question. I would recommend an Editor . Anything from WordPad to vi/emacs or any other all purpose editor, whatever your favorite is. You can also use editors like Bluefish or Quanta, which have been 'enhanced' to make web programming easier. There are lots of editors out there. Dreamweaver, CoffeeCup, HTMLEdit, Phase5, etc. etc. Whatever you feel most comfortable with (many require a high tolerance of bells and whistles ). Most IDE's will do the job as well. __________________ -Steven "Is this a piece of your brain?" - Basil Fawlty

Sep 20th, 2005, 3:28 PM	#4
Infinite Recursion Programming Guru Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: United States Posts: 3,467 Rep Power: 8	pc specs = ANY software = see above... I prefer VI in Linux and TextPad in Windows. __________________ http://jasonpowers.net "There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root."

Sep 20th, 2005, 3:48 PM	#5
LegionZero Newbie Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Tijuana, B.C. Posts: 19 Rep Power: 0	minimum specs: you can make a website any bitmap editor (paint, gimp, photoshop) you can use any platform to make the site and in my experience if you stick as close as you can to wc3 standards your site can be viewed well enough on most browsers. The htm code can be done using any text editor as long as you save it as a valid extension (htm, html, etc.) Best software to use, in my experience there is no better webdesign software than Macromedia Dreamweaver it can be run on most systems using 128 RAM (256 is preferred) and about 600MHZ processor speed (though 800 is preferred) Best image creation software for web has to be #1 Photoshop and #2 Gimp, the only thing that makes photoshop better is that you can easily do slices and save compressed images ready for web, you can also integrate on your images rollovers and export them as such. The rollovers photoshop creates work on most major browsers, the only drawback is the javascript it generates for the rollovers is quite extensive, every byte counts for fast loading times for your page. (same specs as mentioned above) __________________ War cannot be avoided until the physical cause for its recurrence is removed and this, in the last analysis, is the vast extent of the planet on which we live. ~ Nikola Tesla

Sep 21st, 2005, 12:29 AM	#6
bl00dninja Programming Guru Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: namespace std Posts: 1,246 Rep Power: 5	i think you'd be hard pressed to find a computer incapable of doing web programming. __________________ i put on my robe and wizard hat... Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?...Morons.

Sep 21st, 2005, 1:04 AM	#7
iignotus Professional Programmer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Nowhere Special Posts: 466 Rep Power: 4	Well, the biggest part of web programming is the rendering of the site you made. If you're using things like flash, java, or extensive javascript, you'll need a high-class PII or so with at least 128MB of ram. It may not sound like much to most people, but it's a bit better than what most people have "laying around", if anything. __________________ (Toggle Plain Text) % rc4 hexkey < input > output #define S ,t=s[i],s[i]=s[j],s[j]=t /* rc4 hexkey <file / unsigned char k[256],s[256],i,j,t;main(c,v,e)charv;{++v;while(++i)s[ i]=i;for(c=0;(v)++;k[c++]=e)sscanf((v)++-1,"%2x",&e);while(j+=s[i] +k[i%c]S,++i);for(j=0;c=~getchar();putchar(~c^s[t+=s[i]]))j+=s[++i]S;}

Sep 20th, 2005, 2:02 PM	#1
pazforeva Newbie Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	pc specs required for web programming Hi, im doin a coure at college and i need some info for an assignment. What are the minimum pc specs required for web programming and what are the recommened. Also, could anyone recommend software for web programming. This would be a big help, Thanks.

Sep 20th, 2005, 2:22 PM	#2
Dizzutch Professional Programmer Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Worcester, MA Posts: 441 Rep Power: 4	for programming you can use any machine possible, as long as it has a text-editor, for the webserver it really depends how many hits you get. but anything will do. For the longest time i had a webserver running on a 166Ghz with 32MB of RAM. __________________ naked pictures of you \| PFO F@H stats

Sep 21st, 2005, 1:31 AM	#8
bl00dninja Programming Guru Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: namespace std Posts: 1,246 Rep Power: 5	lmao!!!!!!!!! here's why... i actually DO HAVE a 128MB dim lying around, it was in the glove compartment of my wife's jeep for awhile, i don't know where it is now. :p __________________ i put on my robe and wizard hat... Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?...Morons.

Sep 21st, 2005, 5:07 AM	#9
stevengs Professional Programmer Join Date: May 2005 Location: Bad Nauheim, Germany Posts: 436 Rep Power: 4	lol, it doesn't take much to tickle bn. Was that DIMM there for an emergency or what!?! :p Flashlight, check! Lugwrench, check! Jack, check! Spare tire, check! 128MB DIMM, check! __________________ -Steven "Is this a piece of your brain?" - Basil Fawlty

Sep 21st, 2005, 11:31 AM	#10
pazforeva Newbie Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Thanks, you have all been really helpful

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