Best programing language to learn?

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PHP is definately the easiest to learn and the most efficient to code for this business, in my opinion. I can make a scraper, site gen or whatever in an hour or less with full db support and error checking. Can't do that in many other languages.

Java has a ton of potential but until you start running teams of people and need to get into the corporate sector this won't suit you that well.

If you want to get really heavy duty Python has some very nice threading capabilities. But you can always call it from PHP.
 


smaxor, you think PHP is ever going to go out of style?
ie should I jump on that Ruby train or will PHP be a safe bet for the next few years?
 
I wrote programs in it, 20 years ago in my first programming job, along with C and MASM supporting programs and device drivers. Now I take it easy doing VB.NET/ASP.NET along with a little C#, Java, and PHP on the side.

As for the original question, I'd recommend learning PHP and Java for your own personal sites but for an education that will provide a stable and profitable career learn about SQL and databases. A good DBA is a lot harder to find than a good programmer.

On which languages, the Microsoft .NET products are used a lot in corporate development but not so much in web start-ups, primarily due to the Windows server cost vs. Linux based servers. Doing corporate development usually, but not always, more stable than working in start-ups or vertical market software companies but is also a lot more boring and annoying.

That's the most accurate post in this thread. I've been coding since '81 and agree totally with those sentiments. If you want a "proper job" then you absolutely need to learn SQL (platform doesn'y really matter, but SQL Server or Oracle would be best) first, and then on top of that learn VB, then progress to C#. If you REALLY like coding move up to C++ and Java, but it will take 2 or 3 years to get the good money and you will need to be committed. If it turns out you prefer the front end/web design side more then personally I'd still learn to use .Net as a core and then pickup Photoshop. Obviously XHTML/CSS are skills all designers and developers should have.

As for PHP, although it's becoming more visible in some larger scale sites I still think it's not as widely accepted as a "professional" language to use. Not in the UK anyway - the money is in .Net, Java etc. PHP is regarded as a language for smaller companies and statups because of the cost factor.

Either way you won't get anywhere web programming without SQL/CSS/XHTML and basic VB/C# or PHP. I learnt Pascal first - it really doesn't matter at the beginning so long as you get the fundamentals - OO conepts, functions etc.

Good Luck - hope it works out for you.
 
when everyone is talking about java, do you mean java, or javascript?
java is fun and easy(i took the AP exam last year and didnt do too bad with it, forget what i got though), i dont really like javascript.

im now in a C++ Class now(still high school) and im blowing right through it, understanding one language makes others easy to learn...
 
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