This is why I love SLUG. Somebody asks for a Linux Dreamweaver alternative, and it goes from "do it in vim" to "He should just learn Python".
We're tops. !! On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Ishwor <[email protected]> wrote: > Folks > Hi. > > > Plus you should consider setting up Drupal to manage his pages. > > > > 1. Learning the CMS was is better anyway since that is the way real web > > sites are managed now; > > > > 2. He can start out with filtered HTML (which is dead simple), then as he > > learns progress to unfiltered, and eventually PHP; > > PHP is full of bugs and security vulnerabilities(all the time). It > maybe easier to learn+program comparatively but I would rather not > bother with it. > > I would rather suggest that junior start with Python. It has beautiful > structured syntax thats easy to grasp and things can be developed > pretty fast in Python world. As long as he's excited about > programming, Python I believe will keep him/her reasonably happy. All > the usual data structures are there in the standard library plus > learning it superbly easy and fun too. There are standard web > frameworks available for Python such as Django, Grok amongst many > more. More at http://docs.python.org . I started with Python(more > towards application programming then gradually doing web stuffs) > couple of years ago. Never really looked back! :-) > > Also added to this are the enormous Python bindings that exist for > doing everything from A to Z. > > 2D/3D graphics? -SDL/PyOpenGL > Maths? - Scipy, Numpy > GUI? - GTK binding, QT binding > Web? - Django, Grok > > There's so much more... Also a free book by Bruce Eckel - > http://www.mindview.net/Books/TIPython > > -- > Regards, > Ishwor Gurung > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- "None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free." -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
