Recommendations for building an interactive web page
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 7:07 pm
Hi all,
I'm putting together some specs for my team to build a web portal. Right now, we're making do with spreadsheets, PowerPoints, and wiki pages. The problem is that the data gets stale pretty quickly. I've got a handle on the back-end database requirements, but I've got no experience with web development work.
What I'd like for the web portal to have is an interactive timeline, which can scroll left or right showing a date range. In that date range, the timeline should be able to draw various points based on reading the database (i.e. events on the timelines, new timelines showing up in the date range, etc). Zooming in and out and showing more/less detail would be ideal, but not required. And the timelines should be individually clickable so it can populate other forms/tables with information.
Can someone recommend a good technology/language to use? I'm probably going to try and get an intern for this project, so a language not too esoteric would be preferred.
I'm putting together some specs for my team to build a web portal. Right now, we're making do with spreadsheets, PowerPoints, and wiki pages. The problem is that the data gets stale pretty quickly. I've got a handle on the back-end database requirements, but I've got no experience with web development work.
What I'd like for the web portal to have is an interactive timeline, which can scroll left or right showing a date range. In that date range, the timeline should be able to draw various points based on reading the database (i.e. events on the timelines, new timelines showing up in the date range, etc). Zooming in and out and showing more/less detail would be ideal, but not required. And the timelines should be individually clickable so it can populate other forms/tables with information.
Can someone recommend a good technology/language to use? I'm probably going to try and get an intern for this project, so a language not too esoteric would be preferred.