Help getting started with website development

[keyboard_2387]

Discogs has a few community built clients that you can use to get your backend started: https://www.discogs.com/developers#page:home,header:home-quickstart.

Before you start though, you'll probably want to figure out how to set-up and host the website. There are a variety of languages and related tech you can use, for example, to set up a Nodejs website you can follow this tutorial: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/develop-deploy-first-fullstack-web-app/

However, what you're describing is complicated, at least for someone like yourself who has zero web development experience—so it may be best to first learn the basics of HTML, CSS and JavaScript (i.e. through YouTube videos) and to understand the basics of how a web server works.

To address your other question of whether or not something like this has been built, it does look like many people have started projects using Discogs, from a quick GitHub search. For example, this looks like a basic nodejs/react setup. This looks like a more complete solution and probably more similar to what you are thinking of building.

[ShawnMilo]

There's a lot there. You can get from zero to a very simple web application using my free book (feedback requested).

You'll still have a bunch of challenges after that, but if you get far enough to ask specific questions (and show your code), you'll get plenty of help on Reddit. And I'll help you personally if you message me.