So I've set off trying to learn web development, and I've gotten pretty comfortable with basic HTML/css and I've made a really nice sample page. However, as of now it's just a pretty, marked-up text document sitting on my desktop. I'd like to include a commenting system where I could write "comments" to myself as simulated web users. I have a text box and a form to "submit" the comments, but nothing attached to it. I realize I need to write some kind of script, javascript or php, but then I need to save the comments in some sort of format, like a database, but I'm not sure where to start for that. Where should I start in the task of including a commenting system for this basic webpage I have on my desktop? (book recommendations are welcome as well).