This summer, I will be designing an e-commerce website and have chosen MySQL to organize the incredible amounts of data I will be receiving. The people I am designing for are great at making their products…but have absolutely no development or coding experience.
I have three months to make the site, and I don’t begin until June. In the end, they would like an easy, readable, and preferably fasionable way to present this data. They also want to be able to manipulate it (sort by date, item, customer, etc.). They don’t care if it’s an Excel file, a secure webpage, or anything like that.
I know the basics of MySQL, but I am looking for ways to PRESENT the data in a way that is easy and accessible. I love to teach myself and do my own research, so my question is…what topics of interest in MySQL should I read into to learn how to present this data?
If you have a decent grasp of JavaScript and programming web via PHP or Java I would recommend Dojo DataGrid. It is fairly simple to implement if you use the basic grid and looks and performs great.