Website for personal usage

Question

I want to setup a simple site and I don't have any web development experience.
For a start, I need to create a basic form where I can post text and store it in a database. Nothing fancy.

Questions that I need answers:

• Good free web hosting sites?
• Any frameworks that I should use? (I'm familiar with Python and C++).
• Are there websites where users can store and search any type of data?

Note that it's for personal usage and that I use Windows XP.
(I don't have any web development experience: I know HTML, how to use CSS, and I've tried Javascript, but I didn't build any real site)

I'd really like your help on this.

Answer 1

If you're familiar with Python I'd suggest using the Google App Engine. It's free if you don't have a lot of traffic and the framework provided there is also very easy to use.

Answer 2

If you just need a form and storage, then the absolute simplest solution (no coding required) would be a Google Docs spreadsheet form.

Answer 3

If you're only storing text with no need for intelligent queries, you could also consider using a wiki. I have my personal site hosted by wikidot.com which is free and perfect for my needs (I use it to store all my links with comments and some reviews).

Regards,

Sebastiaan