what language should i learn ?

i want to learn, what should i learn, which language is most widely used, which will be widely used in the future ?

also where should i learn ? can you recommend websites and books?

thankxI guess if you're talking server side languages, PERL/CGI is probably still the most widely used for internet interactivity.

PHP is popular, but I believe ASP is probably the one to know if you're trying to market your skills.

Any server side language should be coupled with a solid understanding of HTML, or even better, XML.

If you're good at reading technical literature, you can always visit the holy-grail at <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.w3c.org">http://www.w3c.org</a><!-- m --> to stay abreast of the latest news concerning present and furture internet standards and protocols.

No recommendations as far as books or courses is concerned. Check your local JC if there is one.

Regards,
KevinThough I dont have links to perl/ cgi/ php....I do have a lot of tutorials to the rest.

<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.Volcanic-Design.com/volc_links.htmI">http://www.Volcanic-Design.com/volc_links.htmI</a><!-- m --> will side with Java. It is made by Sun and it is cross platform. I believe that it is the language of the future, along with its web interface, JSP (allows HTML and Server Side Java). To find out more, try <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://java.sun.com">http://java.sun.com</a><!-- m --> or <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://java.internet.com">http://java.internet.com</a><!-- m -->. Books can be found at BN, Amazon, Crown, or Borders.

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Professional Developinggranted java is probably more capeable than most, as well as truly cross platform......but there are drawbacks there too. Sometimes very slow to execute, difficult learning curve, and expensive. It can take JSP and a HTML page to render a document...and that means twice the developers.

Where I stand (as I have worked on projects using Java/ JSP/ JavaBeans/ ASP) is that some of the other server side languages are a bit easier to learn and execute than java based stuff.

Java is probably the best choice for the 'career' oriented....but for the others, its easier to learn and get support for the rest of the languages.I'll recommend you for PHP :)

It's a very easy serverside scripting to learn and it's fast and powerful...

And the best thing is that, it's open source...

If you need some tutorial.. you can always go to

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