Question

Which opensource application/tool/framework is the easiest to install, learn and design a dynamic website with?

Answer 1

I have no clue about website stuff... but a friend told me about an open source web designing thingy called Presta Shop: http://www.prestashop.com/

Answer 2

What kind of website? Whats its purpose, audience, and service/product?

Answer 3

working on dynamic site is vague, do you mean dynamic as in animated(javascript) or dynamic as in requires databases etc.
for the first (javascript) all you need is a good code editor.
for the second, you will need a testing enviroment such as wamp(windows) (mamp)mac (lamp)linux which all encorperiate php, apche and mysql.

Answer 4

PHP is a great starter environment that scales *very* well. If you're on Windows and want to get a feel for things, you could install xampp (see www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html) on your local machine and get started right away. That'll give you Apache, MySQL and PHP straight from an .exe -- no config, just start experimenting. The tutorials here are a good launching point for php: http://www.w3schools.com/php/.

If you want to go bigger on php, Drupal is a solid module-based content management solution that has an amazing user community and straight-forward installation and configuration guides. The learning curve can be a *little* intimidating at first, so I'd say start with basics first.

Answer 5

P.S. The US President's site runs PHP/Drupal...so you'd be getting good practical experience on an enterprise-level solution.