I knew that Bath thing was going to come back and bite me on my backside, LOL.
It occurred to me that I may want to explain why I want to learn these technologies since it will likely impact what path some may feel I need to take. I’m not interested in working for someone else. Not because I wouldn’t want to but because I’ve been working in the engineering field now for about 25 years and my standard of living is such that I couldn’t take the pay cut that would be necessary to start over. That said, I believe it is possible to still make the transition if I implement my own web ideas. I have a strong belief that the web sites/ tools I have in mind will generate enough revenue to further my goal in making the transition from engineer to programmer. The more I mess with programming the more passionate I become. I would like to make this a lifelong commitment but because of the nature of my need I don’t need to learn old technology in order to diversify my resume. I only need to learn the best programming languages to satisfies my immediate need of being able to create professional looking dynamic data driven web sties for myself. What path would you recommend in this case? On Jan 9, 1:47 am, "Abul Hasan Lakhani" <[email protected]> wrote: > That is quite helpful dear friend. I want to further add to this question: > > How important is that to learn any of JavaScripts frameworks? like Dojo or > jQuery. And what about any hands-on experience with Database Servers like > SQL Server / Oracle or MySQL? because for Data driven or Data Centric > websites some experience is required in my opinion.... and what about T-SQL > expertise. > > Regards, > > Hasan. > > 2009/1/9 Cerebrus <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > Impressive aspirations there ! Brandon beat me to the joke about the > > "bath" so I won't dwell on it here. > > > Your plan to become a web technology expert seems a little incomplete > > to me. Here is the path I would follow if I were in your place : > > > 1. HTML/XHTML (Advanced) > > 2. CSS (Advanced) > > 3. Scripting languages - VBscript and Javascript. (Advanced) Also > > covering aspects of DHTML(Basic) > > 4. An interpreted language such as ASP. (Intermediate) (I will explain > > why this is necessary below) > > 5. VB.NET and/or C#. (Advanced). Stress on ADO.NET > > 6. ASP.NET (Advanced) > > 7. AJAX (First learn how to do it manually, then try the ASP.NET > > flavour, though I prefer Anthem) > > 8. SilverLight (Basic) > > 9. LINQ (Advanced) > > > Now about point #4. Most people would disagree with me and state that > > learning ASP isn't necessary at all. But in my experience, > > understanding how ASP works helped me a great deal in understanding > > the inner workings of ASP.NET. The problem with .NET is that many > > fundamental aspects are obscured from the developer. > > > Also beware that the domain of web technologies is such a hot field > > that by the time you learn all those technologies, they would probably > > have become obsolete. > > > In any case, Good luck buddy ! > > > On Jan 9, 12:44 am, tszeis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I want to learn how to do web programs. I want to be good, I want to > > > learn cutting edge technology and I want to be able to develop complex > > > data driven web sites. > > > > I have some basic programming and database knowledge and feel > > > comfortable learning web development on my own but with all the new > > > technologies I'm uncomfortable choosing the specific direction to > > > take. I've talked to some schools in the area and they just seam to > > > promote what they are teaching not necessary what is best. I want to > > > learn what is best. I'm hoping you can help me decide on WHAT IS BEST. > > > What is best to learn and in what order I should learn it is crucial > > > to success. > > > > At the moment my plan is to learn the following in the order > > > depicted; > > > > 1st HTML (Need to have Basic Knowledge) > > > 2nd JavaScript (Need to have advanced knowledge) > > > 3rd SQL Server (Need Basic Knowledge) > > > 4th ASP.NET (Need to have advanced knowledge) > > > > Before I spend hundreds if not thousands of hours traveling down this > > > path I feel compelled to ask the question. 'Is this the course I > > > should take to learn web design?" > > -- > Abul Hasan Lakhani- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
