Does anybody build a website from scratch?

19-07-2019, 02:04 PM

kokosto Wrote: Thanks a lot. I have in mind a blog-style webpage but with a shop. I'd need backend (user managment, posts, mailing...). I would like to do it from scratch, but I don't know if it would be a very silly idea.
For example, imagine the comments section of a blog entry. Is it usual to code everything? Is it normal to relay on code snippets?

It depends on how comfortable you are with programming. It's not unnatural to have to rely on learning from things like snippets, but as long as you understand whythey work you should be able to take full advantage of them. However, with things that involve user inputs and payments, I'd probably look towards software that's well-established and secured. Last thing you'd want to do is put users' data at risk.