I have realized that I should start learning some scripting language from now on. So where do I start? Perl, PHP, asp, javascript etc.
I mean which language would be better to start with?
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Jump to PostLet's define "web development". A "web application" can mean a lot of things. My loose definition is any web page that DOES something. If the page content is altered based on user input, that's a web application.
Understand there is client-side and server-side coding. Which end of the transaction …
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i started with html, because my brother was doing it in college, then xml. Which bother give a nice simple intro into how prgramming languages work (which you already have with the c/c++ knowledge). then c-programming.
now onto using …
Jump to PostBtw, I've started working with Python. I'm very impressed so far. Python is a mature, robust, efficient language somewhere between PHP and C. Python is a fantastic scripting language for shell tasks. You can also develop rich GUI applications with Python--apps for Windows, Linux, or Mac. For web dev, you …
Jump to PostI've heard really good things about python as well, although I haven't used it. I did see an impressive screencast for turbogears (uses python).
No matter what language you learn I would encourage you to begin learning good design patterns along side your learning the syntax and functionality of …
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