mcspanky79

I should have said lack of "full" html5 support. As for case in point i'll concede on that one and really ought to proof read my posts.

You also need to take into consideration not everybody uses a modern browser, so there isn't widespread html5 support. I.E 10 and firefox are perfect examples of a lack of html5 support so you'd need to use a javascript modernizer to help a browser along. Casing point the new type="date" field. I saw some suggestions on php and mysql. If you do take this up, I'd suggest sticking to tutorials using mysqli (i for improved) or PDO (php data objects) for your database queries. I personally prefer the latter as it isn't restricted to just a mysql database. A lot of old school mysql functions have been depreciated from i think it was php 5.5 and in php 7 completely removed so avoiding these now at this stage of learning is advisable. Some good websites have been listed so take a look at them. Have an idea on what it is you want to do first, find something and give it a go and albeit stack overflow isn't a tutorial site, it is a very good resource for finding help or examples of things.