PHP. Why? It rocks. For all the reasons mentioned, especially the easy DB access and the C++ like syntax. PHP5 is out and sports a very good OOP model.
On August 16, 2004 02:15 pm, Cameron Nikitiuk wrote: > Hi All, > > Was contemplating trying to learn a programming language and Jeff's offer > of books kind of inspired a debate within...what language should I learn? > > I am thinking of something related to web development. Keep in mind I am > no programmer but I have worked a bit with SQL, JavaScript and HTML. I > would eventually like to play with Java but I think that is a far way off > yet. I would like something that ties into databases well, is fairly easy > to learn and develop for and has a good grounding in the industry. If it > is open source so much the better. > > I have talked to a few people and they say perl or python or something > similar is good. But asking someone the best programming language is > liking asking them what the best beer is. > > Any non-biased or "good case for" arguments or ideas anyone would care to > share? You can contact me off list as well at: > cameron dot nikitiuk at shaw dot ca > > Cameron > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
