Web calculator - which programming language and technology (how to start)

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I want to make physics calculator to help other people with their homework;
It should also create dynamic charts, but here is a problem:

-I don't know what programming language, framework, libraries, stuff... use for it. I want to make it simple first and then adding some visuals.
I thought about javascript or python, but rly I don't know how to start...

What I have tried:

I know some basics of C++ and python, but I don't know how to make first full app and put it on web (I have github.io page)

Posted 25-Dec-17 10:42am

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Updated 25-Dec-17 20:07pm

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2017-12-25T20:07:00

iT's not going to be that simple - that you ask the question "which language should I use?" show that you don;t know enough yet to get started on the project.

Web based code has two components: Server based code which prepares and serves pages, and Client code that runs in the browser at the client end.
Server code can be written in Python (or PHP, VB, or C#) - or omitted entirely for static HTML -
but Client code can only be written in Javascript. So the decision "which language" isn't really "Javascript or Python" - it's "probably both" as local interaction is probably required as well as server responses.

So start by learning how to code websites - there are many books out there - and look at the available server languages supported by your hosting service: if they provide .NET, then I'd jump for C# (or even VB) as it's so much more widespread across platforms now. The books should also teach you Javascript, which you will need. Don't expect this to be a ten minute learning curve! :laugh: