I like everything that has to do with databases. I will even go so far as to say that Microsoft Access is the best RAD (Rapid Application Development) tool when you need to make a database driven application.
I also love the concept of the data-driven website. It is here where Access fails miserably because what integration it does provide is severely limited, AFAIK, and also YMMV. I planned to remake some projects I worked on previously, using Access, to the whole Web format. Simply put, make some web-enabled applications. The aim of the project was to have better knowledge of web-enabled applications in general. I would also teach myself the tools, the languages, etc. A caveat however, since this a not-for-profit project I would only use open-source tools.
This was quite some time ago and long story short I've learned a great deal about PHP, Apache, MySQL, etc. I made some headway into my projects and got basic functionality working for each. However I got into thinking about database abstraction or even into application abstraction. Because data in a database tends to be arranged in logical ways; why shouldn't the site you program reconfigure itself automatically once it's seen your data? Ah, but I digress... I don't think I'm smart enough to actually build such a site... Not yet anyway...
So I started thinking if propietary (read Microsoft-connected) tools would allow me to build my projects faster... With a little help from a friend I got a lead on the tools I might use... And the result of my testing will find it's way here...
But be warned, I'm an open source advocate through and through, though I will try be objective. Next! My current (almost open-source) setup.
The information soldier is a critic just like everyone else...
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