[2008] what language should I learn?

Hi I'm wondering what language is the best to learn this days? i mean there's alot of languages there.. PHP,ROR,ASP,etc? any recommendation?

I know HTML,CSS,some Javascript and a lil PHP and MYSQL.

 

it really depends on waht you want to do, webdevelopment? stand alone? seeing the languages you just named my guess is web development so i recommend to learn atleast php/asp/mysql

 

hmm I want web development. so I guess I'll stick with PHP/MYSQL then. thanks

 

Focus on learning one language really well. Get to the stage where you don't just know the language- but your programming skills and techniques are good as well.

Once you've been programming long enough, it doesn't take too long to learn a new language whenever you need to...

 

Can I ask how you started off learning PHP. I'm looking to start but it looks a lot more complex than HTML.

 

hi I started here: devzone.zend.com/node/view/id/627 and here www.tizag.com/phpT/

good luck on learning PHP

Good luck to me too lol..

 

All you need is PHP/MySQL as programming tools. You might need some AJAX and it will not be difficult for you as you know JavaScript. Good Luck!

 

I would recommend PHP and MySql

 

For web development learn PHP and SQL (learn how to use mySQL with PHP as well). Make sure you are an expert at CSS and (x)HTML before you start though.

If you want to go into software development, JAVA is a nice choice.

 

I recommend Perl (cgi scripting)

 

PHP/MYSQL are the way to go, CSS is the obvious next.

 

hmm seems like PHP/MYSQL is dominating lol.. I"ll burn in on PHP/MYSQL then

 

LAMP stack with PHP. Also, as needed look into a solid PHP-based web application framework. I used Prado for a short time, because of its ASP.NET event-driven programming model (I am a .NET developer), but have moved to Zend.

 

hmm i see.. what do you think is the best framework?

 

i recommend PHP/Mysql

 

Start with PHP because it's the most widely spread programming language, over time you can learn MySQL to round your knowledge but if you are newbie, you will catch many headches trying to learn both at a time.

ASP is easier to learn and implement but the drawback is that it only runs efficiently on a Windows based server regardless there is a Unix-based version called Apache ASP but not so great alternative.

 

The framework I think is best is open to discussion of course Each will have different requirements, so it depends on your needs. I used Prado for a while, because of its ASP.NET programming-like model. I have switched to Zend, but there are many others CakePHP, CodeIgniter, Symfony, etc. Here is a link to others: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_web_application_frameworks#PHP

 

oh there's many framework.. hmm I should start learning them all.. jk I'll find the one the suits me.. thanks for the link.

 

You won't go bad with these three "PHP,ROR,ASP" .. I'd go with ROR.. I'm tired of PHP.

But since you already know PHP/MYSQL, if I were you I'll master it first than learn another langauge from scratch again

 

Although it's mainly preference I would do PHP/MySQL because that's the language behind most sites and it's easy to practice/learn.