G+_Vincent Panico Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I have a question for anyone. Should I learn HTML/CSS before a programming language? or one or the other. please let me know what you think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Wesley Kerfoot Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 There's not much point really. HTML and CSS are markup languages, that means you just say things about other things (this box is red, this font is size 12, etc...). You might as well just start learning Python. I recommend this book (it's free) http://greenteapress.com/thinkpython/thinkpython.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Vincent Panico Posted June 23, 2014 Author Share Posted June 23, 2014 Thanks , I really don't like python I'm more for Ruby/Java/JavaScript. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Wesley Kerfoot Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 It doesn't matter which one you learn, pick one and find a good book. Although you might have to use Python at some point in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Nate Follmer Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Like I've said before, JavaScript and PHP are where I spend most of my time. Learn JavaScript if you want to make websites (if you're into front end development). If you're more about making a nice backend (the brains of the operation) learn PHP. I'd start with JavaScript, probably a little easier and a bit more fun to play with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Wesley Kerfoot Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I don't recommend PHP due to it being a terrible language that was never really designed or specified and just hacked together by amateurs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Vincent Panico Posted June 24, 2014 Author Share Posted June 24, 2014 I never liked php its to plain. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Nate Follmer Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Well the fact is, regardless of how 'hacked' together or plain it may be, it's used by a TON of websites and is probably here to stay. Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla, etc... all use it and we all know how popular these CMS systems are (Not to mention the countless sites written with PHP not using a CMS). If you want to be a serious web developer, you need to know some PHP, it doesn't have to be your 'main' language, but you'll need it at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Wesley Kerfoot Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 It can be useful to learn PHP (implying anyone can really learn all the quirks) if you need to interact with any of these systems of course, but if at all possible, avoid writing PHP code when you could just as easily write it in a saner language. That's all I'm saying! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Wesley Kerfoot Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Mike Whitenton every language is the same...except not quite. Prolog is nothing like Python, and Python is nothing like Forth, which is nothing like Scheme. If all you program in is typical imperative languages then yes they are all the same with just different syntax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Wesley Kerfoot Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Mike Whitenton I'm sorry if that came off as a bit arrogant. I misinterpreted you there. I have seen people claim the only significant characteristic of languages are their syntax before. Obviously anyone who has ever learned multiple languages and rewritten programs knows that it's not true though :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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