A Simple GUI, in which language?

[PairOfBlanks2]

Hi,

I need to write a GUI for the web to gather the following info:

Username
Password
SomePlainText
Path1
...
PathN

Of course, I then need an 'submit' button. I then want to have the user upload all paths supplied from their machine to my server. I hope to work with this data as arguments for a bash script. Also, I need to work with all possible client OSes consistently. What language should be used? What web-server should be used? Which manuals should I read? Many thanks for all advice.

[Cabhan]

You're basically trying to write a web form, and there are tons of languages you can use for this. PHP is a relatively simple one. Ruby on Rails is significantly more powerful, and is also becoming very popular.

Web forms are pretty much universally OS- and browser-independent, unless you are doing anything with crazy Javascript (which you will not be). You should read up about HTML, forms, and then whatever language you choose to use.

Good luck!

[PairOfBlanks2]

Thanks for your advice here. I may follow-up again long into the future, for the benefit of googlers, after I make this work.

[PairOfBlanks2]

PHP is a good idea for webforms needing things in the original post.