| First, kudos on your dedication to learning the process. I still remember the first time someone showed me a mature development process. 1. When someone creates an account how do I keep track of all of that information? Obviously it goes in to a database but is there a program that allows me to access that information. Should I hook it up with something like mailchimp? a.) Yes, the accounts/users information will be stored in a database.
b.) You should have an Admin UI to view/edit the accounts information.
c.) Passwords should be encrypted.
d.) onCreate() of an account you can have an email notification sent to you. This is optional. 2. Should I use github and Heroku? a.) Yes, use GitHub or one of the SVN hosts to store the code. Emailing a zip file is way to difficult to manage. b.) Hosting: Heroku is an option. I've never used them, but you can pick any host that works for you. I'm going to guess that installing/configuration servers is not your thing, so a full stack solution may be ideal in your sitution. 3. I want to add in sharing (Facebook, Twitter, email). Is this hard? Should I build this in later? a.) Depends on the platform, but I think most have multiple libraries for calling the various social media APIs. |