whats the difference? which is the best? which is the easiest for a beginner? what other website programming languages out there? im new at website programming and i want somehting to do cause im bored. btw i cant afford flash lolz.
thanks =)
2006-11-12 12:59:21 · 5 answers · asked by Toby 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
oh and which ones more popularly used?
2006-11-12 12:59:43 · update #1
Answer: HTML
Explanation: HTML or XHTML is what is read by the browser on the user's end. It's really easy to learn, and it's necessary .... the other stuff is optional.
So, even if you learn PHP, you will need to learn XHTML to tell the PHP what to render and serve up to the user. PHP is a backend programming language. It creates XHTML to be sent to the user.
So, if you learn PHP, you'll also have to learn XHTML. If you learn XHTML, you don't necessarily need to learn PHP. So, if you want to create websites, start with XHTML, then learn CSS, then learn PHP.
XHTML is also the easiest and cheapest to learn. All you need is a text editor and a web browser - both free, and you already have both. For PHP, you will also need to set up a server. You can use your own computer as a server, but you do need a server with PHP installed, as PHP has to be rendered.
HTML / XHTML > the markup language that is the base of a web page.
CSS > Cascading style sheets: tells the browser what to make the HTML look like.
PHP > Server side programming used to dynamically generate web pages.
Also, look into Javascript. It can be used to make the web page seem dynamic on the user's end.
Hope that isn't too confusing.
2006-11-12 13:01:04 · answer #1 · answered by ★ Estelle ★ 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
HTML is a markup language, not a programming language. It's the basic page description language that web pages are written in. PHP is a very popular programming language that can be used in a web page to provide interactivity - processing forms and such. So you need to learn some HTML first, then you can start adding PHP.
2006-11-12 21:06:52 · answer #2 · answered by injanier 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As you've specified, you're a beginner. To be very simple, HTML is a markup language to design a webpage, whereas PHP is the server-side scripting language to generate dynamic webpages. The output of PHP (or any other Server-side scripting language) is HTML. So, first you've to learn HTML for webpage design & development.
http://www.w3schools.com/ is the best place to start with HTML.
All The Best
2006-11-16 05:09:34 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to learn XTHML first. PHP won't do you any good because it requires you know XHTML. After you learn XHTML, then you can branch off into JavaScript, CSS, or PHP. PHP may be the hardest route to take, but it is the most powerful language; to be able to interact with databases and all that other fun stuff.
2006-11-12 23:28:14 · answer #4 · answered by Zeo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is CSS HTML JAVASCRIPT and more
but for a bigginer and most used is HTML
a lot easier
2006-11-12 21:05:33 · answer #5 · answered by ceni40 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋