[michelle_]

Thanks! The design started as a themeforest template, but at this point it has been very heavily modified. I used PHP and MySQL for the backend, and jQuery for the UI interaction.

I'm a chemistry major spending the summer learning to code, so this is all a learning experience. It's only been about 3 weeks so I'm happy to have gotten something functional out of it. I'm really hoping to get some good feedback from HN.

The about page on DailyDo.it genuinely describes what I set out to make. I have spent 3 years in university trying to keep track of everything I have to do; the result is usually a big mess of tasks on notepaper, my whiteboard, post-it notes, etc. I've tried using online versions, but they all seem so complicated and messy, which is the opposite of what I want. DailyDo.it is meant to be as simple as possible - the challenge of maintaining simplicity was certainly a surprise, but I think it worked out well enough.

As for the next steps, I'm aiming to have the team version (http://dailydo.it/about/team) up and running very soon. This will be a paid service that allows teams of people to share and collaborate on their tasks.

[gravitronic]

Some people take years between learning coding basics and having something to show for it, so congrats.. in my opinion the ability to ship is equal or more important than coding knowledge.

[sparknlaunch12]

Wow - really impressive. Thanks for sharing. Good luck with the future development.

How did you code the PHP and MySQL? Was this straight into notepad or did you use a template/tool?

Like others, really interested how you picked up the skills so quickly.

[dgabriel]

You're awesome! This is a great first app and a wonderful example of getting things done. Thanks for sharing your experience.