What langauge for online multiplayer jeopardy game?

I want to develop an online multi-player jeopardy game. Players play against each other live 3 at a time. I want their individual success rate for each category of questions (lifetime) to update live after each question in a box to the right. Users could login as guests or have a sign in.



What programming languages could I use to accomplish this? What books would you recommend? Where can I hire developers who know how to do this type of programming?What langauge for online multiplayer jeopardy game?
Well essentially you need a programming language well suited for the web as well as a database that can keep track of users and their totals. My recommendation for this would be to create an applet game using Java that interacts with a database of your choice (MySQL and SQL Server would be my first two choices).



To learn Java I would recommend "Java How to Program" by Deitel (link to it in the sources) and then for MySQL/SQL Server you can use any of the Wrox publishing books (like Beginning Databases with MySQL) and O'Reilly books (like the book Learning MySQL).



As for hiring developers, you could try posting the project on sites like www.rentacoder.com or www.elance.com.



Hope this information helps you out with your game. Good luck with it, I can't wait to play.
Thank you so much for taking the time to provide such a thorough answer. I can't tell you how much I appreciate it. Really!! It is so hard to find people to give advice, and you have been very giving!

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What langauge for online multiplayer jeopardy game?
I want the site to be accessible so I like the idea of javascript, but at this point I think for the functionality and responsiveness I want I need to use javascript!

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I mean Java. I hope to work on this project in upcoming months. I am currently in the research stage.

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What langauge for online multiplayer jeopardy game?
For live updates, you would need something other than just plain old HTML. Although Java applets are great, they would not usually attact many people as there is quite some load time. The current trend is AJAX (Asynchronous Javascript and XML) and would generally work well for something that would not require animation. If you want to create something more game-looking, you might want to go with Flash. That's is all I want to say for the front-end.

For the back-end(server) you might want to go with Java or .NET

Every developer will have their own recipe for this type of a problem, so you should never tie yourself to what some technology can do.

If this is a business idea you have personally, and you want to push it to the market fast, I would suggest hiring people. Now, to even hire someone right for your task, you will need further assistance (unless you like taking great risks). Now, I know this doesn't answer all your questions, but I hope it will help you to not commit your money to something that will automatically be doomed. (Think pessimistically when it comes to software development)
The professional way to do this project is to use a Flash front end, that is the part the users see, and then tie that into a PHP/Mysql (or ASP/Sql Server) back end.. Requires knowledge of



Flash Programming (Actionscript)

PHP

MySql database