I have some experience using HTML, but in everyone elses opinion what is the Best overall coding Language to use when making a website? Ex HTML CSS, C+, PHP, Java....
I prefer PHP because it brings the "dynamic" side of things to the web. HTML and CSS are fundamentals but PHP is in my opinion the best. If you are creating super high scaled web apps (like Meebo) then I would use C# or something similar (I know meebo uses C# and Java/XML). PHP is probably the best with Perl and Ruby following close behind. I prefer to stay away from Java/JS because more people are starting to "dis-trust" it because everybody is telling them it is a "hackers tool" at least thats what my clients have been told
Depends how far you wanna go with your website, the ultimate combination I would say is: XHTML CSS JavaScript PHP You are also going to want some good Photoshop skills because without it then your coding will not be as effective as it could be. I htink with those 4 main languages under your belt you will be doing well, then you can look at getting deeper into things.
XHTML, and CSS is probably the most popular. Most web coders usually use this format. Also if you are looking to learn a coding language to offer the service out. A lot more people as for XHTML and CSS coders.
For most CMS, its combined XHTML,CSS,PHP,javascript. So, for best website result you must advanced with this web language.
(x)html is the only language you can use to make a website. All other languages are simply used to either generate html dynamically or, as in the case of CSS, to style it.
It is a fairly mute question as it all depends on what the project is to do.... if you want a simple static site then the "best" is most likely a combination of html and css however this is simply not going to work if you want to run a forum where you need some serverside programming with the likes of .Net, CFM, PHP or JSP etc. Then again for an ultra secure site like a bank then the likes of PHP are unlikely to be suitable and you are further reduced to .Net and JSP etc (after 8 top server companies failed to get less than 60 audit points from Pen Testing my previous employer gave up their fantasy of PHP)
In my opinion HTML 4.01 (strict) is the best Markup language choice - in conjunction with CSS. XHTML 1.0 should be served as Content (Mime) type application/xhtml+xml but can only practically be served as text/html -- ref: http://jp29.org/test.php James
XHTML / HTML are really the only languages that an actual webpage is made in. CSS can be used to visually style the webpage, and JavaScript can be used to modify things client side. If you have any major website, it is going to need a server-side language and a database to make it realistic. The most common server-side languages are ASP, ASP.NET, PHP, Python, and occasionally Ruby or Python. These languages are on a completely different tier than HTML or CSS.