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Can anyone reccomend a coding language to learn?
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<blockquote data-quote="xstep" data-source="post: 141609" data-attributes="member: 11647"><p>Several years ago I choose Perl and recently began using it with MySQL. The reason I choose Perl was because it ran on all systems I was interesting in coding for and there wasn't yet as many free mature choices as their is now. The bonus turned out to be that since it is installed on our Sun boxes at work, I was able to take advantage of my knowledge. But your starting from scratch in 2005!</p><p></p><p>Today I'd look at PHP, Phython and 'new comer' Ruby. All of them seem to have great support and run on many platforms. Being a programmer I expect I would end up gravitating to one simply based on syntax. You get used to certain things.</p><p></p><p>If you haven't done any coding, then it will be tough. You need to figure out the basics of your programming needs. For instance, are you going to be accessing a database and a particular vendor one. Then your tool needs that support. Most now have add ons that make that easy, but you need to know that up front. What servers are you expecting to run on, etc.</p><p></p><p>Also note you may want to learn Javascript, as that would allow you to make your webpages more interactive without to exchange data with the server.</p><p></p><p>Oh yea. Coldfusion isn't necessary and costs.</p><p></p><p>Good luck on the journey.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="xstep, post: 141609, member: 11647"] Several years ago I choose Perl and recently began using it with MySQL. The reason I choose Perl was because it ran on all systems I was interesting in coding for and there wasn't yet as many free mature choices as their is now. The bonus turned out to be that since it is installed on our Sun boxes at work, I was able to take advantage of my knowledge. But your starting from scratch in 2005! Today I'd look at PHP, Phython and 'new comer' Ruby. All of them seem to have great support and run on many platforms. Being a programmer I expect I would end up gravitating to one simply based on syntax. You get used to certain things. If you haven't done any coding, then it will be tough. You need to figure out the basics of your programming needs. For instance, are you going to be accessing a database and a particular vendor one. Then your tool needs that support. Most now have add ons that make that easy, but you need to know that up front. What servers are you expecting to run on, etc. Also note you may want to learn Javascript, as that would allow you to make your webpages more interactive without to exchange data with the server. Oh yea. Coldfusion isn't necessary and costs. Good luck on the journey. [/QUOTE]
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